Passing a budget
tonight for the City of
Warren came down to
funding Community
Development.
That means funding
for nonprofits... that do
a whole lot of good in
Warren.
In the end -- the
budget was passed
and Community
Development funded
-- but getting there
was not easy. It's now
being suggested the
whole department be
reorganized.
We have more details
on dealing with the
budget in Warren.
The vote by Warren
City Council was 7-3.
The 2017 budget
passed -- but not
before one man in the
audience objected to
taking 233-thousand
dollars from the
enterprise fund --
departments like water
and sewer -- to
support Community
Development.
"WHAT PUZZLES ME
IS THAT I'VE HEARD
SEVERAL
COUNCILMEMBERS
STATE THEY DON'T
EXACTLY KNOW
WHAT CD DOES. IF
THIS IS TRUE I
WOULD THINK IT BE
PRUDENT, TO ASK
FOR AN AUDI T AND
ACCOUNTING OF
THAT
DEPARTMENT."
Listening was
Community
Development Director
Mike Keys -- whose
department needs the
city's financial help --
because the federal
government has
decreased its funding.
Without the 233-
thousand dollars to
pay Community
Development's staff --
26 non-profit agencies
in Warren would not
have received the 175
thousand dollars
promised them.
IF YOU ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT, IT
IS YOUR
OBLIGATION TO
FULLFILL THAT
AGREEMENT."
At the pre-meeting
caucus -- councilman
Eddie Colbert -- who
opposes allocating
more money to
administer programs,
than what's actually
given out -- was
among those who
agreed Community
Development should
not be hastily
eliminated.
"THAT IT WOULD BE
A TRAVESTY FOR
THE NON PROFITS
NOT TO RECEIVE
THE MONIES."
Councilman Dan
Sferra -- who along
with Colbert and John
Brown voted against
the budget --
suggested bringing in
an outside company to
take over Economic
Development -- saying
there's no one in
Warren that's
qualified.
It was also suggest
that Community
Development be
reorganized -- and
Mayor Doug Franklin
agrees.
"WE'VE EMBRACED
THE IDEA THAT WE
NEED TO LOOK AT
HOW WE CAN
RESTRUCTURE
THAT
DEPARTMENT."
After the meeting --
his department now
funded -- Keys said he
welcomed a
restructuring.
"I THINK THIS HOW
GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT TO
COUNCIL WHAT
OUR DEPARTMENT
ALREADY DOES,
AND SAY HERE'S
WHAT WE DO,
WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE US TO
CONTINUE DOING."
Mayor Doug Franklin
also read a letter from
JAC management --
Eric Ryan's group that
runs Warren's
Packard Music Hall --
describing what
appears to be a
successful year
ending August 31st.
Packard hosted 159
events -- including 42
ticketed events
attended by 39
thousand people
including five sellouts.
The letter expressed
hopes that
improvements can be
made to Packard --
including parking,
restrooms, seating,
signage, office space,
and the backstage
areas.
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