City Expanding Functions

Did you know that the City aims to become a nationally recognized arts destination by 2030? That is what the City's Arts and Culture Coordinator recently told the Community Impact Newspaper.

Here are their published goals.

The 2020 budget allocates approximately $37,000 to this activity, but if these goals are accepted by Council, the budget will significantly increase as well as the staff as identified in goal #8.

Is this the proper role of a city government? It seems city government's core functions are public safety, maintain and build roads, maintain and operate parks and operate the library.

Other functions are self-assumed by Council and they just levy more taxes to pay for these additional activities.

It is time to let your council know that you do not support expansion of government into non-core functions.