They Closed the road to get the Grant


 Who is in charge, city council or the city planner who submitted the grant application without city councils approval? 

The news item 

"At the council meeting, Mayor John Dooley commented that the process seemed backwards: usually council will approve a project before applying for a grant.

“Is this project grant-driven or community-driven?” he asked.

City planner Sebastien Arcand agreed that it is driven by the grant deadline, but if the application is successful he said it will still be up to council to get public input and formally approve the plan or not."
















       So they closed the road to get the grant, and vehicles now shortcut down 2nd st.

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