Miscellaneous
Learning Center likely doomed
Council consensus against more funding.
By SCOTT SMITH
Tribune staff writer
Faced with an estimated $2.5 million budget shortfall, the Kokomo Common Council decided Monday to axe the Kokomo Early Learning Center, the only city-subsidized daycare center in the state.
“It’s not a question of ‘do you want it to close?’ It’s a question of whether it’s an amenity we can afford,” Councilman Mike Karickhoff, R-At Large, said during Monday’s formal finance committee meeting.
By SCOTT SMITH
Tribune staff writer
Faced with an estimated $2.5 million budget shortfall, the Kokomo Common Council decided Monday to axe the Kokomo Early Learning Center, the only city-subsidized daycare center in the state.
“It’s not a question of ‘do you want it to close?’ It’s a question of whether it’s an amenity we can afford,” Councilman Mike Karickhoff, R-At Large, said during Monday’s formal finance committee meeting.
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