The Rutland Recreation and Parks department will hold an informational meeting about the proposed recreation center on February 18th. This meeting will start at 7:00pm and will be located in the Dana Recreational Center.
This meeting will be held due to the bond question on the ballot on March 2nd. The bond question is as follows:
Shall the bonds of the City of Rutland in an amount not to exceed $4,725,000 be issued for the purpose of upgrading Giorgetti Arena to house the Rutland Recreation and Parks Department and the Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County?
A business plan has been crafted and will hopefully be availble to the public at this meeting. There has been some discussion whether this project will cost one cent on the tax rate as it is being sold. This equates to $100,000 per year for the next 20 years.
How long has Sup. Ejay Bishop been holding these public forums, since November '09. Yet, the public has to wait until Feb. 18, '10 for any significant fiscal information on costs to taxpayers. In the meantime, the Treasurer has contradicted the "Cent for the Center," and has underscored the need for Mr. Bishop to have realistic revenue forecast so the City taxpayers are not straddled with unprecedented debt. What will happen to the one so-called tenant "Boys & Girls Club" obligation to the Rec. Dept. if their requests for $27,000 from City voters is denied? It would appear that the City voters will be double taxed by funding more than half the Boys/Girls Club lease at Giorgetti in order for them to match their agreement to pay $50,000 to the City in a lease agreement.
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