PLYMOUTH — A request by the Plymouth Aquatic Center brought a heated exchange between Plymouth Mayor Robert
Listenberger and Clerk-Treasurer Lynn Gorski.
City Attorney Jeff Houin brought the request before the Common Council by the group to change the date of distribution for the twice yearly $144,000 lease payments by the city. Currently, the payments are in June and December — the months that the city gets its tax draw. To aid in budgeting purposes, the group asked the city to change the payments to March and September to even out the payments that will continue to be made by the Plymouth School Corporation in June and December.
Gorski told the Council that changing the payment schedule would require that the City dip into General Fund reserves to make the payments, suggesting that it might cause the delay of some approved purchases for city department heads. Houin pointed out that currently the city had $10 million in reserves and that moving the payment to the Aquatic Center would not have a big effect.
That led to the first exchange between Listenberger and Gorski.
Gorski’s comments brought a response from Listenberger
Later in the meeting the Council approved the request to change the payment dates for the Aquatic Center but Councilman Don Ecker added a comment of his own.
