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Mayor Brian Marl is recommending that City Council establish the Davenport-Curtiss House Working Group.
The group's mission is to provide expert, independent and community-centered leadership in planning for the preservation, activation and long-term stewardship of the Davenport-Curtiss property.
The group is composed of:
Community Development Director Chris Atkin and Treasury Services Coordinator Maike Weberlein will serve as staff liaisons.
Marl, City Manager Dan Swallo, Building Inspector Craig Strong, and Jon Richards (member of the Curtiss-Richards family) will serve as ex officio officers.
Outgoing Deputy City Manager Elle Cole is expected to provide support and guidance, according to Marl's memo to city council.
The city is paying $3.1 million for the property from its general fund balance. Council is expected to consider a motion to pass a resolution to bond for $3.25 million to replenish the general fund.
The working group matter is listed on the meeting's consent agenda.
I wonder what it would cost the city to withdraw from authority all together? To service only the city limits of Saline may be a simple task and require far fewer people. The police can be cross trained to work both law enforcement and fire safety. Does the City of Saline own the building and the fire trucks?
Light freezing rain, with a high of 19 and low of 1 degrees. Sunny in the morning, overcast for the afternoon, light freezing rain during the evening, partly cloudy overnight.
Interesting. So, it would seem the Board's earlier decision, a decision facilitating the data center, afforded residents a mechanism to have their voices heard and to potentially stop the unwanted data center. The Board has now reversed that decision to deny citizens that very right to with they are entitled.