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February 12, 2008
CITY COUNCIL IGNORING BUDGET CRISIS
Since the Council has stated publicly that the City has a budget crisis, how could they approve approximate $70,000 or more for two opinion surveys; one relating to the General Plan and a second concerning City Services etc.?
Without the $70,000 opinion surveys, they could have easily put together a representative group of Chicoans and secured relevant answers to the same questions asked in the expensive opinion surveys.
Now the Council has embarked on an update of the General Plan that is estimated to cost in excess of $1,000,000 for consulting services. With the slowdown in building activity, the City planning staff should be capable of updating the General Plan without using the expensive consulting services. Even when using consulting services, the planning staff is assigned, much of their time, following and helping the consultants.
The Council hasn’t yet come to grips with the seriousness of their budget crisis.
Posted by Fred at February 12, 2008 12:00 AM
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