Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Violet to fund red white boom?

Apparently the City of Columbus looking for additional sources of revenue has been made aware of the Violet Township generous offer to aid the city of Pickerington's financial plight and is now discussing plans to have Violet Township share in the cost of Red White and Boom next year citing the number of Violet Township residents who historically have traveled to the city to watch the annual event. The City of Columbus feels Violet Township may have an interest in helping to fund other city projects such as animal control as dwindling tax revenue is placing unprecedented burden on city funded services. City of Columbus Council feels it can offer the township residents a discount membership at any of it?’s public swimming pools in exchange, while the City of Pickerington charges the township residents the full rate membership at it?’s public swimming pool.

By tax payer Don

Great

It's about time they started chipping in for something.

Under charging

Don, I think the City of Pickerington is under-charging the township residents.

Below is Westerville's non-resident fee policy. If Pickerington followed Westerville's the TWP residents would be paying 50% more for their pool passes. Sounds like a great idea to me!

http://www.westerville.org/Portals/0/Winter%200809%20Brochure.pdf

The non-resident fee is an additional $5 to any program $20 or less and $10 for any program more than $20 and less than $60 and $15 for any program $60 or more. Seasonal and Annual Pass fees, daily admission fees and rental fees are 50 percent higher for nonresidents.

Den of Fools

The city has long been the joke, when a former Mayor was caught on the police tape negotiating with the officer to get an associate out of a late night dui charge by offering to drive the suspect home and made the national news.