As regular readers will know, City Council intends to build a new City Hall, demolish the old one, and turn the current property into a park. A group of citizens, including two former councilors and a former mayor, have been meeting with them, asking them to allow the voters to decide on such a large expenditure ($60-65 million).
The citizen group (calling themselves Golden Residents Count) has been collecting signatures on a petition which would require Council to get citizen approval on expenditures over $20 million. They have until the end of January to collect the signatures.
Council plans to borrow the money now, before the signatures have been gathered. The first hearing will occur at tonight's City Council meeting and the final hearing will occur two weeks from now, on December 17th. A press release from Golden Residents Count follows.
