We’ve already set aside $6.75 million for the Community Center, and now we're being told we can afford to spend another $2.3 million from reserves, without any impact to town services. *That means if the project is voted down, a total of $9 million could safely be returned to taxpayers*. For the average household, that’s roughly $5,000 back, plus avoiding a $515 annual payment for the next 30 years. How is using surplus funds to deliver real tax relief *not* financially responsible?
Leap can remain in our brand-new school building as it will be hosted there for the next two years anyway. Karla Gravis Weston Rd > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sara Lupkas <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Vote No to the Community Center, save yourself > a tax payment! > To: Listserv Listserv <[email protected]> > > > David Cuetos wrote: "After adjusting for structurally inflated budget lines, > our true operating budget is likely closer to $46–47M—implying a reserve > target of around $7M. That leaves as much as $18M in excess reserves > available." > > What is meant by structurally inflated budget lines and how are you > calculating our "true operating budget"? Implying that citizens should > somehow equate not passing the Community Center Warrant article with the town > not needing to collect taxes in the fall seems a huge reach and not very > financially responsible for our town. And if our reserves are so healthy, why > is there even an argument against allocating an additional amount to cover > the Community Center shortfall? > > Let's also not forget that if the Community Center somehow fails now, we > would still need to renovate Bemis and the LEAP pods, so this wouldn't free > up *that much* in the town budget. This is reminiscent of the first school > building project getting voted down and then a more expensive project (with > no state matching funds) finally passing years later. > > > -- > *Sara Lupkas* > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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