It's a proposed vision for the city, and it was used as we prepared this year's budget. |
Running a zoo just doesn't make sense when you're talking about cutting police and fire and trash and everything else. Ideally, the zookeepers will go last because this is a phased process, and obviously we have to make sure the animals are taken care of. |
There is a specified time each day when, with a uniformed officer as an escort, the receipts are taken from buildings and safety engineering and taken down to the Treasurer's or tax office. |
They want to come in, help out and be behind the scenes. |
We can't afford it. We're going to look to get out of businesses it just doesn't make sense for us to be in. |
We had to make the decision to close the zoo. That process will start tomorrow. |
We have to boost our core services such as fire, police and trash collection. Operating a zoo is a business we can no longer be in. |
What happened is we resubmitted the same proposal they voted on and we are encouraging a vote. We informed council that we're definitely encouraging a vote. And if there are any other changes, we are definitely open to making those changes as need be. |