Trustees pause staff-run venue concerts; opt to make venue available while hiring events manager

At a Committee of the Whole meeting, trustees agreed to pause active, staff-run concert programming at the village amphitheater and adopt an interim approach that would prioritize free or low-cost community use while the village onboards a new events manager.

Jean, a community relations staff member, presented a year-end review of 2025 special events and four options for the venue's future. "We want to emphasize quality over quantity," Jean said, summarizing staff recommendations intended to reduce employee workload and make long-standing events more sustainable.

The discussion centered on three financial and operational points: the Special Events Fund is trending to a surplus this year of approximately $60,000 (not including Christmas Walk, which is still under financial audit); the venue concert series nearly broke even but recorded a net loss of about $375 for the season; and last year the village spent just over $100,000 on…