From: <barry@barrydal.com>
To: "Darce Fardy" <darce@eastlink.ca>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re:
Good morning Darce - thank you for the opportunity to give you my
position on this very important part of government. I will keep this very
short but let me say that I am disgusted with the amount of secrecy I have
seen in the running of HRM Council in the past few years. The entire
Games bid & the wall of secrecy surrounding the building of the now
$15,000,000 Fall River Rec Centre (paid for by an area rate) are a few
examples.
On a smaller scale I am the Executive Director and Treasurer of a Minor
Baseball Association for 400 kids, I post in plain sight every year our
entire financial statement on our website for everyone to see, the last
5 years are there (www.eteamz.com/lwf). As the Secretary of the LWF
Fire/Community Hall I introduced the motion to post all Meeting Minutes
on the Hall wall after every meeting. These are just examples but I
absolutely believe in the citizens right to know. Its our money and
our country!
Thanks, Barry Dalrymple
Candidate for District 2 Councillor
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The cost of the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre, serving ALL of District 2 (not the Fall River Rec Centre as you refer to it)has been transparent to all who read the news releases and Councillor Snow's website www.kristasnow.ca.
Let me share the FACTS, simplified:
•Total budget for the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre and Fire Station 45 approved by HRM Council $12,172,000. (Krista had erred in her statement to The Chronicle Herald at the sod-turning ceremony that it was $14M)
•Estimated building cost of the Gordon R. Snow Community Centre and Fire Station is $9.6M, combined.
•Fire Station building cost $3.3M to date, funded 100% by HRM
•Community Centre building cost $6M to date. $2 Million funded by federal & provincial governments; $1M funded by HRM.
•Fixed area rate can generate $5.5M, based on 6.3 cents/$100,000 assessed value. THIS AREA RATE WILL NOT INCREASE.
•Surplus funds from the area rate to be used for furniture, fixtures, equipment and to lessen the term of the area rate.
Councillors' as well as many other reports are public information and are readily available on the HRM website, www.halifax.ca.
Please keep yourself informed with the correct information so you can make an informed choice in the upcoming election.
Signed,
Gloria
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