Kiwanis Club to Fund Monument for Ex-Official
A monument to former City Manager Arthur E. Cook Jr. will be paid for by the local Kiwanis club, ending a months-long controversy over the planned use of city funds to build the $8,813 monument.
Residents objected to the city paying for the monument, which is essentially a large stone plaque denoting the newly renamed Arthur E. Cook Jr. Water Production Facility. City officials estimated it would cost $15,000 to build the monument.
The Kiwanis, where Cook had been president, raised $8,800 and an additional $2,000, which will go into a scholarship fund for high school students.
Cook started working for the city of Glendora in 1956 and was city manager for nine years before retiring earlier this year.
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