The 3-member City Council NonProfit Committee announced the organizations the city will support in 2019. The committee members are Pete Peterson, Brad DeReamer and Cecilia Coble.
Peterson announced the groups the committee voted to fund at Monday night’s City Council session. The organizations are:
Youth Mentoring Initiative $48,200
JANUS Development $12,000
HSE Schools Foundation $26,300
Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program $65,000
Conner Prairie $100,000
“We feel that making sure some of those folks who are out in our community effecting a lot of residents, in other words, it’s substantive, and will have an impact, guided our decisions,” said Peterson.
4 out of 5 of those groups contains extreme CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Youth Mentoring Initiative – $48,200
– BOARD MEMBER: Steve Orusa (Fishers Fire Chief & Personal Friend of Mayor Scott Fadness)
– BOARD MEMBER: Todd Zimmerman (Fishers City Councilman – President / At Large)
JANUS Development – $12,000
– BOARD MEMBER: Selina Stoller (Fishers City Councilwoman – District NW)
HSE Schools Foundation – $26,300
– ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER: Scott Fadness (City of Fishers – Mayor)
– ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER: John Wechsler (Employed by City of Fishers / Personal Friend of Scott Fadness)
Conner Prairie – $100,000
– BOARD MEMBER: Leah McGrath (City of Fishers – Deputy Mayor)