legacy projects

Tax millage rates were RAISED last year from 6.3 to 6.4+ and fees have been doubled, and more. Child care costs have doubled and inspection fees have MORE than doubled, all of which takes money OUT of the taxpayers pockets to pay for these legacy projects. An expensive tribute to their own egos! that WE will wind up paying for!

wants vs needs

We have childcare because it is a service to the residents and a NECESSITY to most of the 140 kids that use it, so their parents can work. Do we double the childcare fees so that we can indulge the 6 Springs kids on the private swim team, and lose 300k while we are at it? Lets see, 6 Springs kids versus 140 Springs kids... where are we getting the best return for our money? Lets hope the parents of those 140 kids remember next April, and tell their friends and neighbors.

magical Council disappears our money, LOTS of it

The City doubles the fees for childcare for residents but allows the pool to be used for the benefit of nonresidents for free, and totals up a 300k deficit for taxpayers to pay? Are they NUTS? The only reason the budget in the past 3 years has looked better was due to the increasing property tax revenues, a windfall happening, not due to any sense fiscal responsibility on the Council's part. The increasing property taxes have reversed themselves of course, due to the recession that we are in, resulting in growing deficits as the Council spends like its 1999. It could easily be said that the budget looked better during those years IN SPITE of the Councils reckless and irresponsible spending on the CC addition and the bathrooms. The fiscal insanity continues with the proposed spending on the new gym project. If we had the 750k that disappeared on the CC and bathroom projects we would be in a a MUCH better position financially. Think about that- 750k of our hard-earned tax dollars just disappeared into thin air! They have learned NOTHING from those two construction projects and I predict the new gym will cost 20 million to complete and take FIVE years, if the previous projects are any guide. The residents MUST protest!