WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?

The City Council tonight, approved of spending $8,000 in public funds ( bond money) to hire a county consultant to develop drawings for modifications to city space at 2415 University. What is the council thinking? The city is LEASING the space and the idea of spending city money that could be used for other public improvements is outrageous. 

The city manager lead the council down a path, where they were told if they don't spend this money have to be returned to the source. The council neglected to ask the most important question- what else could these funds be used for? 

After much probing, Mr. James did admit that this project COULD cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

So, let me understand --we're going to take bond revenue, spend it to improve a building we don't own, continue to pay rent, and if we're lucky we won't see an increase in rent, and possibly an eviction notice ( like the tenants on O'keefe). Is this the best use of PUBLIC DOLLARS?

I think not. 

Let me know what you think?