Council mtg 02/26/08 - the pool
I've been sick as a dog for most of this weekend... starting to feel better now though. So for those of you who missed the Feb 26 Council meeting, here's one agenda item... the pool.
Btw, since there were procedural issues with my motion at a Special Council meeting, I asked Matt Hall to include the pool on tomorrow's agenda.
And here is my tentative resolution on the pool:
Whereas, (in relation to the Cheshire Community Pool) the Cheshire Town Council wants to save money, conserve energy, improve air quality and protect the existing building;
Therefore, be it resolved, the Town Council directs the Town Manager to prepare and issue a request for information (RFI) for alternatives to the bubble; and
Be it resolved, the Town Council directs the Town Manager to include alternative financing options (for example, performance contracts) for the bubble alternatives in the RFI; and
Be it resolved, the Town Council directs the Town Manager to complete this RFI by May 31, 2009, so that the information may be used in the first year of the 2009/2010 Annual Capital Expenditure Budget.
Tim White
6 comments:
The pool is a pit. Yes it is literally but more so as a money pit. If the town looked at this like a business decision the pool would be closed or sold. The town council should explain why it sees fit to waist $400,000+ per year of the tax payers money. Why should the town fund this? I don’t know! We might as well go out in the parking lot and light this money on fire!
Yes your resolution makes sense, Tim, but do you honestly think the majority on the council will go along with it? They never seem to take up any idea by the R's.
But they will vote in favor of the turf??
I sure hope there are some sensible people on the TC who will convince everyone that we need to cut the energy costs of the pool by putting on a permanent structure. That should be a much higher priority then the turf!
speaking of the north end...this was in NH Register today::::
More closings could leave gaping holes in the nation’s retail centers, which have already seen average vacancy rates creep up to between 7 percent and 8 percent from 5 percent over the last six months, according to data from NAI Global, a commercial real estate services firm.
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David Solomon, president and CEO of ReStore, NAI Global’s retail division, expects the vacancy rate could hit 10 percent by the end of the year.
Suzanne Mulvee, senior economist at Property & Portfolio Research, figures that vacancies could rise as high as 12.5 percent this year. Her figure includes retail spaces where tenants have defaulted on their rents.
Part of the problem, according to Mulvee, is that more retail space is coming to the market just as consumer demand is falling.
As long as the majority of the council allow their though process to be driven by what they think is right and more importantly politically correct, the pool will never be corrected. If all Council members would look at the problem with the intent to properly correct it then progress would be made. When decisions are based on individuals desire to hold a non-paying elected political position for ego gratification then the wrong decisions will be made most of the time.
After watching the heated discussion tonight regarding the "POOL" I'm shocked that the TM doesn't understand. He certainly understood the impact study he did regarding the NE without knowing what the HECK is going in there. He must have had his head in the sand ever since the pool was buit. Tim stay away from this and let the know-it-alls do it..
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