jpatterson@mariettatimes.com
Marietta City Council took a stance on mending bridges of trust Wednesday before canceling a scheduled special business meeting Thursday morning.
“I want to use this as an opportunity to point out one final thing and I want us all, all of us who are present, to keep this in mind,” prefaced Councilman Geoff Schenkel, D, fourth ward, at the close of committee discussion Wednesday. “What we’re experiencing today with rushing at the last minute, and the resistance that is clearly there as a result of that, underscores the importance of engaging council early on ideas.”
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com
Marietta City Council will not have completed allocations for emergency homelessness reprieve by year’s end.
Legislators and other city administrators are looking to other routes for public funds to support a warming center at a local church through the county homeless project, local food banks and vouchers for motel stays to be carried by law enforcement for immediate distribution on cold nights.
In January of this year, a Marietta law enforcement officer was called out to one of the homeless encampments for a wellness check.The police officer was at a loss for available action that cold January afternoon, speaking with the Times and Councilman Geoff Schenkel about not wanting to find a frozen body but also having nowhere to offer those without a home.