OOPS! The Hotel Needs Another $1,000,000.00

At the special city commission meeting today, 4pm Friday, 2/20/2009, City Manager Fred Enderle told the City Commissioners that the Toone P’s project will require the city to borrow an additional $1,000,000.00 in order to complete it.

John Martin asked serious questions and had reservations. Bill Vogt questioned the viability of this latest project.  Lucy Fess was absent (on vacation).  A 3-1 vote approving  the sole resolution under consideration has given the city manager the green light to prepare the contract.

Bill Vogt cast the lone dissenting vote.

Piqua awarded a total of $651,000 in state community development funding

On Sept. 1st, 2008, the Ohio Office of Housing and Community Partnerships awarded a total of $500,000 in Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) funding to the city of Piqua.  Quoting from the State of Ohio’s Community Development Financial Assistance website:

Community Housing Improvement Program
PIQUA	$220,000.00	9/1/2008
PIQUA	$280,000.00	9/1/2008

Piqua was also awarded $151,000 in Community Development Program funding as shown in the table below.

Community Development Program
MIAMI CNTY	$170,000.00	9/1/2008
PIQUA	$151,000.00	9/1/2008
TROY	$90,000.00	9/1/2008

Voters reject 4 out of the 5 ordinances by decisive margins

Futhermore, ordinance proponents of 29-07 only outnumbered opponents by a mere 40 votes – less than 1% — hardly a mandate.

Piqua City Ordinance 32-07 Total Number of Precincts 16 Precincts Reporting 16 100.0 % Times Counted 5974/13358 44.7 % Total Votes 5704 YES 2650 46.46% NO 3054 53.54%

Piqua City Ordinance 30-07 Total Number of Precincts 16 Precincts Reporting 16 100.0 % Times Counted 5974/13358 44.7 % Total Votes 5586 YES 2465 44.13% NO 3121 55.87%

Piqua City Ordinance 29-07 Total Number of Precincts 16 Precincts Reporting 16 100.0 % Times Counted 5974/13358 44.7 % Total Votes 5722 YES 2881 50.35% NO 2841 49.65%

Piqua City Ordinance 28-07 Total Number of Precincts 16 Precincts Reporting 16 100.0 % Times Counted 5974/13358 44.7 % Total Votes 5688 YES 2216 38.96% NO 3472 61.04%

Piqua City Ordinance 27-07 Total Number of Precincts 16 Precincts Reporting 16 100.0 % Times Counted 5974/13358 44.7 % Total Votes 5682 YES 2728 48.01% NO 2954 51.99%