Tuesday, November 22, 2005

$800,000 gift

25 May 2004 the town council of St Marys Ontario (population 6293) committed $800,000 to the expansion of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame by passing the motion:

Be it hereby resolved that the town council for the Separated Town of St Marys 'approve in principle' support for the CBHFM 'Phase Two' development to include financial support to a maximum of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000)

The motion was supported by councillors Dave Cunningham (former director CBHF), Rob Edney, Marg Luna, Bill Osbourne, Bruce Symons and Gerry Teahan (former director CBHF and father of current director Tom Teahan). Mayor Tony Winter voted against the motion.