The September Expenditure list has finally been released to the public.
I had filed a Right To Know asking for receipts from the Look Up Lebo campaign. All receipts, which were available, were given to me, and I shared in my September post, Look Up Lebo Update.
The costs of the Look Up Lebo stickers and flags are included in the September Expenditure list.
3,000 Look Up Lebo stickers cost $927, while the flags cost $879.66. The audio and video cost $449. According to Susan Morgans' report, the stickers and flags expenditures should be covered by the $5,000 grant from Allstate.
Compare Mt. Lebanon's investment for pedestrian safety to the $9,000 handed over to Tony DeNicola for the 700-900 deer his Cornell buddy estimated we had. Tony says that the hunters killed about half as many deer as last year. He isn't comparing apples to apples because this year's numbers should include kills from the 25 additional acres in Twin Hills Park, located in Scott Township.
So while the pedestrian safety budget is nominal, the commissioners are gearing up to spend another $80,000 to kill our stealthy deer. It is to "reduce deer/vehicle collisions." Of course. But as Commissioner Dave Brumfield realized, there is no way to measure the success of the killing program through tracking accidents. Accidents have declined. Dead deer pick ups have declined. Yet reported collisions have increased more than 80%. Either the deer are being raptured, or false collision reports are on the rise.
I have also noticed that Mt. Lebanon charges itself $1,040 per month for staff parking. I don't quite understand that concept. Would someone please explain to me how an entity can charge itself and then claim it as income?
Cell phone expenses are outrageous as usual.
3 comments:
According to Chief Lauth when I spoke to him last Wednesday at the budget meeting, none of the $5000 that was given to us by Allstate has been spent yet. I don't know where Susan got her information from.
Nick M.
After carefully reading this article:
http://www.messengerpaper.com/index.php/news/municipal-news/10508-allstate-and-the-mt-lebanon-police-department-join-forces-to-promote-safe-streets-at-uptown-block-party
it looks like Allstate's grant only went to the X the TXT campaign.
The only partnership is, Look Up Lebo is happening at the same time.
Accidents have declined. Dead deer pick ups have declined. Yet reported collisions have increased more than 80%. Either the deer are being raptured, or false collision reports are on the rise.
OMG! - that explains the Sunday morning prayer breakfast that five deer were holding in my backyard a few weeks ago! They were probably members of the Evangelical Odocoileus virginianus sect. However, they aren't the only religious deer group around here. My neighbor had a member of Bambi's Witnesses knock on her door the other day and gave her a copy of "The Deer Blind."
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