The Mayor is completely correct when he states on his personal Facebook Page that I was at City Hall today and did not pick up the emails or pay the $89.00 or whatever chump change number he came up with. There is no doubt I will pick up the emails or pay the money. Why would I not want to look at the emails that generated the HUGE amount of trashing that I took from his people on the Blog. Take a look at the comments on that one. There has to be something funky smelling in there or I would have been handed them with a smile and a hearty handshake.
By the way, I did ask for the emails to be given to me electronically since they are electronic it only makes sense. Instead of allegedly spending 3 hours printing he could have just hit a button or 2.
By the way, I did ask for the emails to be given to me electronically since they are electronic it only makes sense. Instead of allegedly spending 3 hours printing he could have just hit a button or 2.
I had a meeting with Linda Moore who is in charge of the Sanitation Billing and the Clerk Treasurer Dan McMillan regarding an information request I had previously made. I was going over those documents and making sure that I had a clear understanding of how the billing worked and that my numbers were correct.
I am only 1 person. I have to deal with the missteps of the City of Beech Grove Administration 1 thing at a time. Here are the numbers and documents with no editorial additions as promised on an earlier post this week. Grovers are smart enough to read and figure things out for themselves, they don't need me sticking my 2 cents in.
The rate that a Homeowner pays for Sanitation in Beech Grove just got raised to a Flat Rate of $24.95. Everyone saw their bill go up correct? After several meetings that the Mayor and the City Attorney had with the lawyers of the Apartment Complexes it ends up that they are not being charged an amount equal to what the Homeowners are. They were cut a different deal and here's how the numbers play out based on the information I was given. The documents are posted below the text as usual.
There are 1935 Apartment Units in the City of Beech Grove. If they paid the same Flat Rate that a Homeowner pays then that would add up like this 1935 X $24.95 = $48,278.25 monthly or $579,339.00 yearly.
In the 2 billing cycles since the Mayor made the deal with the Apartment complexes they have paid these 2 amounts. 3/4/13 = $22,768.13 and 3/27/13 $13,572.35. Both are monthly figures. I suggested to Linda Moore that I average the 2 months out to account for any spikes in billing and to make the number more accountable, she agreed. So now we add the 2 numbers and get $36,340.48 then we divide that number by 2 to get an average number for the 2 months just to be fair and accurate that number is $18,170.24 monthly or only $218,042.88 for the entire year.
If the Apartment Complexes got charged the same amount that the Homeowners get charged there would not be a $361,296.12 difference in the numbers correct?
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