"TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS" bto

Well Monday evening Painesville council had a work session. MIA was councilman Flock and councilman Fitzgerald.

When the meeting was about 20 minutes in I asked the person in front of me is this all about $15,000? Yes it was it seems this council can spend nearly 40 minutes on $15,000 and yet can pass a $9,000,0000 waterline in five minutes? All this for a $15,000 carryover?

To there credit councilwoman DiNallo and councilman DeLeone both suggested that with the present conditions of our streets that money should be used there.

Not so fast as I almost fell out of my seat councilman Fodor suggested that the Downtown Painesville Organization could use an extra $6,000? What their getting to much already first they get a 1.3 million dollar remodel and the City kicks in $22,000 a year to the organization. And guess what they want more! Councilman Fodor claimed economic development me I call it throwing good money after bad. Where does that come from ? "Institutional Memory" something else I learned Monday night.

Council-President Hach had a different approach "Lets get another truck and trailer and have two crews doing cold patch" Really Paul that cold patch idea seems to working out so great!

I guess what I didn't see was someone thinking outside the box. We have been on this system and nothing is going to change.

In the second part of the meeting the administration balked at every suggestion by council to make our utility bills more understandable.

I haven't a clue what the big secret is nor I understand why this would cost what $100,000 in software costs?

One council person suggested it could be put up on the website? No that won't work either.

Council also mentioned the 25/30 workers at the power plant and assured people they weren't playing cards. Well at least they know there down there.