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Committee questions tourism contractor returns after Halloweentown revenue and cost review
Summary
Members expressed concern that the city’s tourism contract and event spending returned limited general-fund dollars despite large gross event revenues; staff said $200,000 seed funding was repaid and the fund is expected to hold a modest positive balance but recommended conservative budgeting.
Budget committee members pushed staff on May 15 to seek higher returns from the city’s tourism program after reviewing the first-year results of the new event-contractor arrangement for Halloweentown and other activities.
Councilors and committee members said they were surprised that the tourism program’s gross event revenues approached $1.3 million in the prior…
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