blind ambition, costs

The City Manager said in the last meeting that Doral was going to pay 15k, which should just about pay for the gas they use during the Winter. If the real costs for gas during the Winter are 8k a month that 15k wont even come CLOSE to paying for itself. We need the average numbers for the past couple years to see what it REALLY costs every Winter. It would be helpful to know how many gallons we generally use, as gas prices are MUCH higher now and we would have to figure that in the calculations. We should AT LEAST break even, if not make something to pay for the chemicals, staff, etc. The costs of Phase II and III to us for Linear Park are NOT clear at this point. Anybody know the answer to that question? Phase I SOUNDS pretty good but we have been drawn into bad deals in the past by a lowball initial price. Once we have committed some funds to a project the REAL prices show in the form of constant cost overruns and change orders and the intial estimates triple or quadruple, or more. It has been the pattern of the Mayor and Council for the past 3 1/2 years, at least. They offer no responsible oversight and ask few questions of the City Manager and dont hold him accountable. They have not been accused of doing anything close to due diligence in years, instead ruling by Mayoral decree. He decrees that any option that could interfere with his personal legacy to be unworthy of inquiry, debate or investigation. He cannot see beyond his personal ambition and ego, to what the residents can reasonably afford in these difficult times. That is truly a sad situation, for everyone involved.