A charter school has dropped its plan to move into the Armory, but in order to keep a $1 lease agreement between the city and the state viable, Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs wants the governing body to consider paying monthly maintenance costs for the building while the administration seeks another tenant. The mayor did not make her pitch in person, as she left the meeting early due to illness. Corporation Counsel Dan Williamson made the request to the governing body on her behalf.
In answer to Plaintalker's question at the meeting, Williamson confirmed that the cost would be about $6,000 per month. Later in the week at City Hall, he said the total might be more like $20,000 for three months.
The request may be considered at the (Tuesday) June 14 agenda-fixing session, 7:30 p.m. at City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave.
--Bernice
If any of our council people think the citizens of this city want to throw money at the armory, they need to be voted out. That's what we need to do with our mayor. I wouldn't trust here to run a bake sale, let alone fun a city.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the Mayor thinking? She spouts out that we have no money but yet she wants someone to support paying $6k a month for the Armory? What is this city coming to?
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