I’ve lived just outside City limits for 17 years and just bought a home on Fircrest Avenue.
I’ve been following Kate Haug’s and Kyle Falco’s revelations and the Grand Jury’s report on the ‘administrative’ and legal expenses charged to the water and sewer funds over the past decade or so, in violation of Propositions 26 and 218, which are supposed to protect ratepayers from excessive costs being dumped into Enterprise Funds.
I, like most people who have been following Sebastopol’s ‘recent’financialwoes (exacerbated by Covid, lawsuits, library mold, homeless services, etc.), am deeply concerned that our City is rapidly headed toward bankruptcy unless our elected officials immediately adopt a clear and meaningful policy of prioritizing extreme fiscal restraint intended to balance the General Fund and any/all other budgets and to ensure adequate infrastructure needed for public safety.
I hope the Council will be making a very public statement that it recognizes the extent of Sebastopol’s financialproblems and is committed to turning aroundthe culture of spending money the City doesn’t really have.
Thank you,
Nancy Hair