Letter from the Mayors and Co-chairs to the JSC

(The following letter was sent via email to the JSC Committee today)

November 14, 2006

Dear Members of the Joint Study Committee:

It has been more than 12 months since we first met to study the idea of merging the Cities of Clayton and Richmond Heights or combining one or more essential services. As outlined in the JSC guidelines, this study was expected to be completed in 18 months (March 2007), with the ability of extending the study process another six months. Based on the valiant efforts of the various Subcommittees, it appears that we can meet the March 2007 deadline.

However, to ensure that we have time to review all the Subcommittee reports, we believe it is important for all the Subcommittees to finish their reports by January 26, 2007. The only challenge to this deadline is the receipt of the report from the Public Safety Subcommittee which was the last Subcommittee to start meeting on a regular basis. At a minimum, we would expect the Public Safety Subcommittee to have most of their work finished by the end of January.

We sincerely appreciate everyone's time and dedication to this important study.

Jerome Bollato, JSC Co-Chairman - Richmond Heights
Dan Human, JSC Co-Chairman - Clayton
Betty Humphrey, Mayor - Richmond Heights
Ben Uchitelle, Mayor - Clayton

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