Monday, April 18, 2011
WARREN — Mayor Michael O’Brien is proposing the city make use of its borrowing power to construct a 40,000-square-foot, $7 million one-stop building to house city offices, buy a fire truck and snow plow, spend $2 million on residential road paving and refinance $4 million of current debt.
He makes no apology for proposing the idea several weeks before a primary election and 10 months before he leaves office.
“It’s been ongoing discussions,” O’Brien said of the timing of the proposal.
One candidate to replace O’Brien, UAW President Jim Graham says he thinks this is a poor time for O’Brien to propose something like this, saying it would be better not to tie the hands of the next mayor.
O’Brien said last week he expects city council to introduce legislation for the project, which would involve a bond sale, within a month.
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