Monday’s meeting of Wapakoneta City Council found one councilman’s call for the mayor to clarify his remark that the city has to “get the city back on solid ground.”
The remark, which appeared in a Wapakoneta Daily News article on the canceling of the Buchanan Street project, which has since been “suspended” until at least September.
At-Large Councilman Dan Graf took exception to the comment.
“I’ve been on this council for a number of years and I can’t think of a year when we didn’t end the year with a carryover balance,” Graf said. “We had adequate contingency funds and when we didn’t, we took action to correct that. We had clear clean audits of our books, so whatever you were talking about there, I think we have been responsible …. and I just take exception to that statement, because, as you know, we’re not a very rich city, but I think we do a doggone good job of providing our citizens with health and safety and provide for their general welfare.”
Stinebaugh apologized to council and if any member was offended, and he said he wanted it known that his remark was not directed at council.
See Tuesday's print edition for the full story on the city council meeting.