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Council agrees to use hotel-tax reserves for Voigt Center repairs after debate over HVAC, kitchen hood and sprinkler
Summary
Council and staff agreed to budget hotel-tax revenue and reserves to pay for immediate repairs at the Voigt (Void) Center, including getting the kitchen hood working and funding some advertising, while deferring larger HVAC and sprinkler decisions pending inspections and bids.
Hollywood Park officials and staff agreed to direct hotel-tax revenues and a draw from reserves toward repairs and limited upgrades at the Voigt Center, the city’s event facility, after an extended discussion of needed work that included HVAC units, a nonfunctional kitchen hood and the absence of a sprinkler system.
Finance Director Fred (Fred) told council the hotel-tax fund was projected to bring in about $35,000 this fiscal year with $5,000 in interest and roughly $100,000 already in reserves. He proposed pulling about $30,000 from those reserves so the city could budget roughly $69,000 for immediate Voigt Center improvements, including repairs to two aging air-conditioning units and kitchen upgrades. Council and staff also agreed to spend some hotel-tax money on advertising to bring more events to the facility.
Fire department staff and Rosenberg…
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