We have to keep a very close eye on the potential usage of city money to fund rail construction.  The council will consider Bill 42 (which would allow RPT to pay for rail) at its Wednesday meeting.  However, Councilmember Anderson, asked corporation counsel to check whether council could use city funds to pay for rail merely by putting it in the budgets.  If signed or allowed to pass into law, the budget would then supersede our current ordinance.  The idea is that if they can do this, they won't have to actually vote on Bill 42.