{"id":15253,"date":"2010-12-03T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=15253"},"modified":"2010-12-03T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T15:59:06","slug":"councilman-papes-letter-to-the-dlgf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2010\/12\/03\/councilman-papes-letter-to-the-dlgf\/","title":{"rendered":"Councilman Pape&#8217;s letter to the DLGF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Pape_Tim.jpg\" alt=\"Councilman Tim Pape.  Courtesy photo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape has sent a letter to the DLFG in regards to their Field Hearing held in Fort Wayne on November 30, 2010:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Karen Large, Director<br \/>\nBudget Division<br \/>\nDepartment of Local Government Finance<br \/>\nIndianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>VIA EMAIL<\/p>\n<p>RE:\tField hearing in Fort Wayne November 30, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Dear Ms Large,<\/p>\n<p>As you may be aware a hearing was held in Fort Wayne earlier this week for public comment on our city&#8217;s budget and levy. Two of my fellow Council members attended the hearing and spoke in favor of the DLGF granting the levy cut for the 2011 budget.<\/p>\n<p>First, I would like you to know that both Councilwoman Liz Brown and Councilman Mitch Harper voted for Mayor Tom Henry&#8217;s 2011 budget including the levy increase. In fact, the budget with the levy increase was approved unanimously by all nine City Council members. Councilwoman Brown&#8217;s and Councilman Harper&#8217;s request to the\u00c2\u00a0DLGF to decrease the levy is a classic example of &#8220;being for it, before they were against it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, both to these council members had over a month&#8217;s notice of the Mayor&#8217;s proposed budget, including the levy increase. Both of them had the opportunity to propose a cut in the levy and did not do so. In fact, they could have individually proposed the cut and failed to do so. Perhaps their judgment supporting the levy increase after four weeks of budget deliberations is more trustworthy than their 180 degree reversal weeks later at the hearing, preceding by only two days Councilwoman Brown&#8217;s announcement as a mayoral candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Councilwoman Brown&#8217;s assertion her budget cuts were not approved because of partisanship is false. All proposed budget cuts either passed or failed with bipartisan majorities. Councilwoman Brown is a Republican. Fort Wayne\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs City Council is comprised of five Republican and four Democratic members. Had the Democratic members voted as a block &#8211; which we did not &#8211; such partisanship would not have been enough alone to defeat the Republican Brown&#8217;s proposed cuts. Councilwoman Brown knew these facts and unfortunately purposefully, or with gross neglect of the facts, misled you otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Fort Wayne City Council know how to cut the levy. In 2007 then-Councilman John Crawford and myself co-authored a $3.7 million levy cut in the 2008 budget which passed the council. To date this permanent cut has saved our taxpayers $15 million. There was no confusion at the Council table that night in 2007. Since that levy cut, the changes by the state government have significantly reduced our revenues by approximately $10 million each year. However, our 2011 budget is balanced; that&#8217;s good, conservative government not to deficit spend. Despite the loss of revenue from the state, we have managed our resources in a bipartisan manner that allow us to continue to provide high quality services at needed levels, unlike many fellow Indiana communities who have laid off police officers, firefighters, street department, public health care and other necessary employees.<\/p>\n<p>I write this lest you be left with the wrong understanding and impression from the representations made to you by Councilwoman Brown and Councilman Harper. Every member of Fort Wayne&#8217;s City Council, representing over 254,000 citizens, deliberated for four weeks with full knowledge of the levy increase proposed by Mayor Henry and unanimously approved that levy and the budget on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. With all due respect, there is no foundation to trump that decision, and you certainly should not do so based upon false and misleading representations made to you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening.<\/p>\n<p>Very truly yours,<br \/>\nTimothy M. Pape, District Five<br \/>\nFort Wayne City Council<\/p>\n<p>CC:\tMedia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"200\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71710.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71714.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City Councilman Tim Pape makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71714.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71714.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\" data-description=\"City Councilman Tim Pape makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71717.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71717.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Dr. John Crawford and son Grant\" data-description=\"Former City Councilman Dr. John Crawford and son Grant attended the press conference in which Mayor Henry called for a referendum vote on the gaming issue. 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Photo taken May 1, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"1693\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/85078.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85078.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry addresses the press about the City&#039;s hiring of lobbyists to promote a referendum vote on gaming. Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell is in the background. Photo taken May 1, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1693\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85078.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/85080.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry addresses the press about the City&#039;s hiring of lobbyists to promote a referendum vote on gaming.  Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell is on the left and City Corporate Counsel Tim Haffner is on the right.  Photo taken May 1, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"1694\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/85080.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85080.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry addresses the press about the City&#039;s hiring of lobbyists to promote a referendum vote on gaming.  Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell is on the left and City Corporate Counsel Tim Haffner is on the right.  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Photo taken May 1, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/01: City Corporate Counsel Tim Haffner\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/01: City Corporate Counsel Tim Haffner\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1697\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85094.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_11_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Komets celebrated their back to back Turner Cup Championship downtown.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0ad9c896d42c75ba57f17629c33fde68' data-image-id=\"1812\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2009_05_11_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_11_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/12 - Komets celebration\" data-description=\"The Komets celebrated their back to back Turner Cup Championship downtown.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/05\/12 - Komets celebration\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/05\/12 - Komets celebration\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1812\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2009_05_11_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/92352.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces the City won&#039;t renew the Light Lease with Indiana Michigan Power. 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