The Cameron Park Board’s conflict with the City Council reaches its peak Friday in Plattsburg, where Circuit Court Judge Ryan Horseman will hear arguments regarding whether the Park Board has the authority to manage City Park funds. The City contests this, arguing that the Park Board, as an appointed entity of the City, lacks the legal standing to appear before the Court and, therefore cannot initiate a lawsuit. They seek to have the case dismissed.
The issue is one of the City’s most polarizing, and the inability to achieve any middle ground or compromise to settle it results in a costly use of taxpayer dollars and “ripples” in City/Park services with real impacts and pain on everyone.
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