Waste clock: NATO preparations

Dayton, Ohio (WKEF) – The city of Dayton has been preparing for the orientation of the NATO parliamentary meeting for months. For the 'Waste Watch this week', Dayton looked at part of the money around the clock that came from the big event and where the financing came from.

Large events can bring a lot of money to a city, but they can also cost a lot.

In front of the NATO assembly, noticeable changes were made in the city center of Dayton. New sidewalks, landscaping and the Dayton peace sign in Riverscape Metropark, to name just a few.

Dayton 24/7 The reporter Jenile Borek turned to the city to find out how much everything cost and where the money came from.

Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein said NO Local general financing was for:

• the NATO assembly program or the events
• NATO security, including fences and barricades
• Safety costs for personnel and equipment
• Wand painting, dayton 'peace sign, banner or temporary signage

All of these things were financed by federal dollars, local business sponsors and the state.

Community members shared their thoughts about the changes and the money that was spent on Wednesday, May 21, for upgrades.

“I like the fact that improvements are made. I wish more for the streets,” said Jim Canaday, a man who works in Dayton. “The streets here in the city center are in a miserable form. I wish they would do it [have] the money gave for this instead of sidewalks, trees and plants. “

“I think it's going to be great,” said Sonya Reed, a resident of Dayton. “I see that you have put a long way to build different things.”

Dickstein said that the city had spent around 1.1 million US dollars from capital funds for the lighting repair and improvements, including the main project for street lighting.

She said most lighting projects were overdue for 20 years.

Borek received a recording request that shows that up to 300,000 US dollars were interrupted at Street Light Poles.

There was also a lot of money in safe and other essential departments.

Borek received a breakdown from the police department of Dayton, in which the Ohio Department of Public Safety was requested 4.3 million US dollars and was assigned from the Ohio Control board.

Here is the full breakdown of where the money went:

• 1.3 million US dollars went to Ohio State Highway Patrol to finance their overtime needs
• 100,000 US dollars to the state emergency management agency
• 100,000 US dollars to the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency
• 2.8 million US dollars for the city of Dayton for one-way purchases or rental rentals in connection with the event as well as overtime costs for the staff of the Police Ministry of Dayton, the DAYTON personnel, the personnel for public work by Dayton and others outside of jurisdiction

Dickstein summarized the expenses and investments in an explanation that partially determined:

From the moment when we were informed about the NATO conference to Dayton, we were very clear that the taxpayers' taxpayers would not support the program, events or security. And that every investment by the city would concentrate on capital investments that our community could enjoy into the future.

Here is the complete statement by Dickstein.

Destination Dayton said that you will not know how much revenue this event will bring to the city for a few weeks, so Dayton will have the pursuing and more details about more specific expenses in the coming weeks.