Questions for the New Council Members

Published 5/13/13

Do you support the city’s curbside recycling program?

Would you consider diverting a small part of the city’s portion of the motel/hotel “bed tax” from the Visitors Bureau in order to make needed repairs to the city park’s facilities?

Would you consider giving the residents of Wilmington a voice in revenue enhancement by allowing them to vote on a 1.5 mill property tax for street maintenance? (see A Fiscal Approach For City Council post)

When funds become available would you place a priority on granting some form of pay increase to long-suffering city employees?

The city now has an enterprise zone (EZ) 75%, seven-year tax abatement plan available, which grants the schools a voice and some revenue.  With the foregoing in mind would you consider closing the 100% ten year Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) in which the schools have no voice and receive no revenue?

Note: The Mayor voted to close the county’s CRA #1 while he was a commissioner.

Would you support contracting out the city income tax collection work if it could save the general fund $50 to $100 thousand per year?

Would you consider dissolving the council created Community Investment Corporation (CIC) and transferring the idle $2 million in assets to the  Port Authority?

Note: See the “Redundant Organizations” post below.

Would you consider attempting to renegotiate the $1 per year rental agreement with Total Baking Solutions (TBS) in light of the fact that employment appears to be 80% below the expected average of 100?

Paul Hunter  paulhunter45177@gmail.com