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At last night's village board meeting, during public participation, a resident raised the issue of the upkeep of floral clock. She brought up some good points about how the floral arrangements are change for each season, but they don't last very long and it appears the clock often only tells the correct time twice a day. She brought up an interesting solution: replace the floral arrangements with some river stone and make it more 'permanent'. It sounded like she had done quite a bit of research as she noted the clock is meant to be horizontal or vertical and doesn't work well at an angle (the mechanism).
It was also interesting to note, through her FOIA efforts she learned about $7,000 a year is spent on contractors to replace the flowers and repair the clock. I can think of other village projects I would rather see them spend this money on.
Kudos to the resident for raising this issue and offering a solution!
Yes, this clock has been a nightmare from the beginning. It is something that belongs at the end of a long path so you can see it from far away, not across the street from more buildings. Why don't we take the clock out completely and invest in a fountain? Even if we spend 14,000 that will save us the 7,000 every year on contractors. Eh Eh?
Kill the clock, add a fountain . . . kill the killer fountain in front of the Civic Center while we are at it. If that thing doesn't topple over on someone in the wind (I had nothing to do with that, BTW), the wet bricks it supplies to the front of the CC will eventually get one of our elderly citizens.
Posts: 9128 | Location: CLEA | Registered: November 04, 2004
BTW, I love that fountain's professional looking control box in the background. Looks like my 11 year-old built it. On second thought, it looks like the box that the daughter of some corporate millionaire was buried alive in (with an oxygen tank, of course) after she was kidnapped in a made-for-TV movie I watched. I think she was rescued and was O.K. I'm also fairly certain it starred Chad Everett.
Posts: 9128 | Location: CLEA | Registered: November 04, 2004
There is no plumbing so the upkeep is simple gardening and calling the clock repair guy twice a year (I assume he guarantees his work for at least six months). I'd be willing to take care of that for $5000 a year.
