and bused homeless people as it shut down the city’s mass shelter at Sullivan Arena in June.
The voting-bloc majority of Assembly members say Bronson’s actions have created a humanitarian crisis at Centennial, and that they have little, if any, faith in the administration’s competency. Bronson said he would prefer to spend the money to pay for fuel costs for police, fire, public transit and other city vehicles. Several of the city’s departments have alreadyseparate proposal from Bronson to reduce or cut entirely the funds for multiple projects and instead spend $3.2 million on fuel budgets and $2.5 million on repairs to Sullivan Arena, which was damaged during the more than two years it functioned as a mass homeless shelter.
The Assembly also removed language that referenced the Aptel hotel, making the funds given to Rasmuson available for standing up low-income housing elsewhere if needed.