The city tightens its belt slightly

The General Obligation Bond issue, which will be voted on in December, got a smidgen thinner at yesterday's Council meeting: Council voted to refurbish the old police headquarters rather than build a new one, saving about $8.3 million from the projected $760 million.

The vote was 6-3, which was also the vote (different three) to set the millage at the rate for the existing 2000 G.O. bonds, rather than raise it a couple of mills and pay the bonds off faster. (Me, I'd have bitten the bullet, which would have cost me somewhere between $15 and $20 a year.)