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Posted: 10:51 PM Mar 16, 2009
Huntington Residents Speak Out About Proposed User Fee Increase
The voice of the public was heard loud and clear Monday night in City Council chambers regarding a proposed user fee hike. City finance committee members supported the fee, which will go before council for a vote.
Reporter: Dave Benton Email Address: dave.benton@wsaz.com |
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The voice of the public was heard loud and clear Monday night in City Council chambers regarding a proposed user fee hike.
Mayor Kim Wolfe wants to add $1 to the existing $2 a week fee -- a proposal that's stirring up mixed feelings. City residents packed council chambers and freely expressed their opinions.
"A dollar burden on me, I don't think that's too much to ask," resident Scott Wallace said.
Former city Councilman Tom McCallister referred to the increase as "stealing from a person."
The items to be funded with the $1.8 million from the proposed increase include seven police officers and five new cruisers, as well as $800,000 to help pave pot-hole riddled streets throughout town.
"Huntington has potential," Wolfe said. "I need your help to get it done."
Upon request by council, the finance director provided detailed information on where the user fee has been spent over the past seven years. In that report, a lot of money went toward equipment and police pension funds, while some did go for paving -- just not enough for many people. City leaders said there is nothing illegal about that.
After the finance committee received the public's input Monday, its members made a decision to support the user fee and send it back to council for a vote.
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Mayor Kim Wolfe is doing a great thing for the city of Huntington it's not his fault that he has to raise the fee because when he was running for office wolfe was not awhere of that a large amount of money was missing from the fee's savings. So wolfe thought that he could use more money then the city had. If this does not pass there is another way for the city of Huntington to make money like collecting back taxes that owed to the city.
To Joe Mamma, I feel that a person who needs to express himself publicly, "as a winner", has little man syndrome and probably is very insecure.
I am no an elitist. I am better than you rednecks.
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