Special Board of Aldermen 08-23-2021 Page 8
John Griffin, CFO
John Griffin, CFO. To the extent the appropriations have not been spent, they would be considered surplus
if they’re not redirected to fund other important activities in the city. Thank you.
Chairman Dowd
Does that answer your question Mr. Teeboom?
Fred Teeboom
| didn’t hear the answer. Could you repeat? A simple yes or no. Is this surplus money?
John Griffin, CFO
This is surplus appropriations.
Fred Teeboom
Exactly. Exactly. This money should go directly to fund balance and part of it used to a rainy day money
when you really need it, and part of it to offset the taxes because they’re going to be over 3 % percent this
year. Now the capital spending is totally out of control with this thing. In the back of this Resolution, I’m
holding it up, you have it on your desks, and you should have it at home, is a table that’s almost illegible.
The font is .2 font. I’m not going to spend my 3 minutes trying to analyze this list. Just to give you an idea
of the stupidity in this spending. To fund a disc golf, | have no idea what that is, for $30,000; to fund the
cost of the School Department legal matter which is the school plenty of money to take care of their legal
problems - $200,000; to fund the cost for cell phone stipends for employees - $7,000; to fund the 2022 Your
Voice, Your Choice — | have no idea what it is - $50,000; and the Elm Street Middle School which | thought
with plenty of bonding over $100 million if | remember right through the school — yet here’s another $75,000
to do more studies. This is a complete waste. This and the other million dollars adds to $6.2 million should
all be placed in the fund balance. | sent you an e-mail on this question. If this is appropriated...
Alderman O’Brien
Thirty seconds.
Fred Teeboom
... serious, serious problems. As far as this 3 minutes, | don’t think it’s legal to contain public comments to 3
minute limit - the clerk and that’s another problem. The big problem is it is between these two resolutions
subject to this public hearing and that’s why there’s a public hearing for the public to say we don’t want you
to start misspending this kind of money. We talked about $6.2 million.
Alderman O’Brien
Time Mr. Teeboom.
Fred Teeboom
Apply this not defined, not allocated, and stupidity like (no audio)
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION
