Comments on: Major change to capital budget http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/10/20/major-change-to-capital-budget/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Susan Ratcliffe http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/10/20/major-change-to-capital-budget/#comment-942 Susan Ratcliffe Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:56:05 +0000 http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/?p=1801#comment-942 I appreciate that the city is experiencing financial difficulties along with the other levels of government. I understand the need for careful financial planning, but - the central library has been planned for so long, has been studied for so long, has been yearned for amongst citizens for SO long - now is the time to make it a priority. A project to bring beauty and shared knowledge space for our community. Please make it happen as soon as possible - a matching gem to the new City Hall and Market Square at the other end of Wyndham Street. Just think of the wonderful city centre we will have when it is done. Thanks, Susan Ratcliffe I appreciate that the city is experiencing financial difficulties along with the other levels of government. I understand the need for careful financial planning, but
- the central library has been planned for so long, has been studied for so long, has been yearned for amongst citizens for SO long – now is the time to make it a priority. A project to bring beauty and shared knowledge space for our community. Please make it happen as soon as possible – a matching gem to the new City Hall and Market Square at the other end of Wyndham Street. Just think of the wonderful city centre we will have when it is done.
Thanks,
Susan Ratcliffe

]]> By: Patti Maurice http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/10/20/major-change-to-capital-budget/#comment-927 Patti Maurice Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:56:46 +0000 http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/?p=1801#comment-927 I am pleased to see this fiscally responsible action. Yes, it means that things we want may not get financed for some time, but we need to apply the same prudent rules to public financing as we do to, hopefully, our personal financing. Running up credit cards for wanted but not necessarily needed items is not sustainable, and neither is placing municipal projects in a budget for which we have no idea how we are going to pay for them. I suggest that the next several years are going to be very rough, and so financial restraint will be one of the many things that will be absolutely critical to survival. This is a good step along the way to a more sustainable approach to municipal budgets and projects. Good work. I am pleased to see this fiscally responsible action. Yes, it means that things we want may not get financed for some time, but we need to apply the same prudent rules to public financing as we do to, hopefully, our personal financing. Running up credit cards for wanted but not necessarily needed items is not sustainable, and neither is placing municipal projects in a budget for which we have no idea how we are going to pay for them.

I suggest that the next several years are going to be very rough, and so financial restraint will be one of the many things that will be absolutely critical to survival. This is a good step along the way to a more sustainable approach to municipal budgets and projects. Good work.

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