BREAKING NEWS
The City of Toledo has acquired over one MILLION dollars worth of miscellaneous equipment from the Federal Surplus Property Program. Many alert citizens are questioning the practice and the propriety of this program. Questions are being raised in the local community about the overall cost to the City for this program, even though the equipment is considered "surplus" by the Federal Government and there is no cash outlay from the City for the equipment itself.
The Surplus Program does require the requesting agency to pay for any and all shipping or freight to bring the equipment from its current location. A large 5th-wheel lowboy trailer, for instance, may be free of charge to the requesting agency, but since it is warehoused in Tucson, Arizona, as an example, it must be shipped back to Toledo at the expense of the City.
Many people are wondering how much the City has paid to ship or deliver this equipment to Toledo. On Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 pm at the City Hall Council Chambers, local residents may be able to find out.
The Surplus Program does require the requesting agency to pay for any and all shipping or freight to bring the equipment from its current location. A large 5th-wheel lowboy trailer, for instance, may be free of charge to the requesting agency, but since it is warehoused in Tucson, Arizona, as an example, it must be shipped back to Toledo at the expense of the City.
Many people are wondering how much the City has paid to ship or deliver this equipment to Toledo. On Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00 pm at the City Hall Council Chambers, local residents may be able to find out.
posted by The Watchdog | 3:13 PM
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