City Council will hold a workshop on Tuesday August 3rd @3pm at City Hall 411 W 8th St-5th floor
City Council is set to hold a workshop on Tuesday at which time many topics will be discussed. A workshop is generally for discussion only but Tuesday’s Council will discuss and vote on the debt issuance of $95 Million for the Water Treatment Plant. They will also discuss how to spend the $20.3 million dollars the city received from The American Rescue Plan, a governmental Covid-19 relief handout, as well as allowing the idea of Odessa becoming a sanctuary city for the unborn to go to the voters.
Abortion is and has always been a sensitive topic of discussion. If council votes to allow a special election on November 2, 2021 the voters would get to decide whether or not to establish an ordinance which would outlaw abortion and declare the City of Odessa a SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE UNBORN. I do believe council should allow the people to vote up or down on a topic as important as this.
If the Council approves the Certificates of Obligation for the Water Treatment Plant it will go out for bid in a few short weeks. I personally would like to see the 20.3 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan applied to the repairs at the Water Treatment Plant and the amount of debt issued reduced by that much. COUNCIL MEMBERS THOMPSON AND WILLIS have stated that getting the repairs done at the water treatment plant is a top priority for them. Let us see if they put THE money where their mouth is or choose another project to spend these millions on.
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