Happy 4th of July!
After you recover from this day and night of celebration, settle down and read several documents given to me down at City hall.
You will find them interesting -- I did.
Click here to read a proposal given to Councilman Patrick O'Donnell from the LB Firefighters Association which he gave to the Infrastructure and Transportation Committee. It proposes to create an independent Fire Protection District as a means of funding the department directly out of property tax increments instead of the City's general fund. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered before the City embarks on this. Other cities may be exploring this as well in light of recent state legislation that requires tax increment to be paid first to schools and then fire protection districts.
As you already know, the City Council agenda is on line. Just click here to see what we are doing on Tuesday, July 5. You can leave a comment by clicking here.
Hope you had a great holiday. And thanks for taking time to stay involved in the issues that face our City.
Yours,
Gerrie
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske