Fiscal Responsibility Needed By the Township of Wellesley
Every tax payer in the Township of Wellesley should be up in arms over the passing of the proposed Greenwood Hill Trail plan at the September 6, 2016 council meeting by council. The residents affected by this trail still have many questions that have not been answered or even addressed by council and Township staff. However, the most important issue, not surprisingly, is one of money. Even though we have repeatedly asked Township staff and councilors for a budget to put in the trail and the costs of maintaining the trail we have still not been given any concrete information. When pressed at the September 6, 2016 council meeting, Township staff stated that they have already spent about $30,000.00 on engineering fees and figure it will cost another $100 000.00 to complete the trail. The cost of paving the trail next year has not been laid out either. Nor has council/Township staff disclosed what it will cost to maintain the trail in future years. At t...