It is unconscionable that the City’s Office of Civic and Community Life takes so long to provide the neighborhood associations with funding approved by the City Council.
I hear the payments may have been made late last week, but also that long delayed payments have been routine for a number of years.
I mean it’s almost the end of the first quarter of the new fiscal year. Can you imagine how OCCL employees would feel if they hadn’t been paid since July 1. This is absurd and not fair to the neighborhood associations.
The funding is to provide services to the neighborhoods like board insurance, payment to administrative staff who provide those services and to enhance civic engagement between citizens and the city government. The organization is made up of volunteers but the funding provides the coordination and enhancement of the volunteers.
Also, I need to make a correction.
The payment received was only for fourth fiscal quarter reimbursement for expenses. They have still not paid for the first quarter of this new fiscal year.
It is unconscionable that the City’s Office of Civic and Community Life takes so long to provide the neighborhood associations with funding approved by the City Council.
I hear the payments may have been made late last week, but also that long delayed payments have been routine for a number of years.
I mean it’s almost the end of the first quarter of the new fiscal year. Can you imagine how OCCL employees would feel if they hadn’t been paid since July 1. This is absurd and not fair to the neighborhood associations.
what is the funding for?
what is the the money spent on?
there are dozens of well funded non profits in our neighborhood...
shouldn't this be an opportunity for volunteerism?
The funding is to provide services to the neighborhoods like board insurance, payment to administrative staff who provide those services and to enhance civic engagement between citizens and the city government. The organization is made up of volunteers but the funding provides the coordination and enhancement of the volunteers.
Also, I need to make a correction.
The payment received was only for fourth fiscal quarter reimbursement for expenses. They have still not paid for the first quarter of this new fiscal year.