dillon wrote:
Can anyone advise if Rick D, Zeeshan, or Mike were councillors who voted in favour? If they were, why haven't they joined in by now to help us understand why? I only pick those three since they are obviously frequent contributors to the board and two of them have posted since Rick M brought this up.
Rick M - you were there, can you advise? And no, this isn't about making anything personal, I'm just asking since you were there and it was all obviously public, so this isn't any big secret.
It was a recorded vote. Ward 2 Councillor Nelson and myself voted against as we have on every vote relating to the velodrome. The other 9 members of council voted in favour.
Sandeep wrote:
I find it funny that Rick M. failed to mention that the town isn't on the hook directly for the extra cost.
Yes the extra 16 million is being covered by the federal government, but as far as I know Milton residents pay federal taxes. If I am mistaken let me know so I can contact Revenue Canada and have them refund me all the federal taxes I have paid over the last 25 years.
The majority of my objections raised last night were towards the increase of $ 4.5 million for site preparations, that is totally Milton money and also the increase to the annual operating costs to support a $ 56 million facility vs a $ 40 million.
Rick Malboeuf
Councillor Ward 4