Board of Aldermen Page 22
April 26, 2016
President McCarthy
We do, and the process based on the motion that Alderman Wilshire made at the beginning of the meeting was
that we accept that suspension unless there are objections.
Alderman Clemons
Is there an objection?
President McCarthy
| haven’t heard one.
Alderman Moriarty
l’Il second Cookson’s confusion. It’s not on my agenda. Since I’m not there, | didn’t get anything on my desk.
Can you remind me what we’re doing please.
President McCarthy
In the appropriations for the Legacy Playground, there is some money that became useful to purchase
equipment from another source. Therefore, the resolution is redirecting part of the escrowed money to pay for
the labor instead of the parts, as | understand it.
Alderman Moriarty
Now | remember Mayor Donchess talking about this in his comments. Thank you.
Alderman Schoneman
The original purpose and amount was to fund the cost of playground equipment for $40,000. This is to transfer
it to cover construction costs for $28,467. What happens to the balance? Does it stay there?
President McCarthy
| would assume it’s paying for equipment. | believe the general purpose of this is money that we thought was
going to pay for labor is actually intended to pay for equipment. We're swamping money that was intended to
pay for equipment to pay for the labor. The total at the bottom is all the same.
Mayor Donchess
When this was escrowed last year, the stated purpose in the resolution adopted by the Board was to fund the
cost of playground equipment for $40,000. Different funds have come in. If we are going to use this money
now $28,467 of the $40,000 needs to go to construction costs leaving the remainder $12,000 and something
still in the cost for playground equipment with that purpose. There would be $12,000 roughly for the purpose of
equipment and $28,000 for construction costs rather than $40,000 for equipment.
Alderman Schoneman
Was $40,000 the sum total of equipment and whatever other costs the city was going to contribute to this
playground? Is that everything?
