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Refuge Church asks council to waive splash-pad fees; council agrees to sponsor from discretionary fund
Summary
Pastor Matt Gaines of Refuge Church asked the council to open the Carpenter's Park splash pad for an Easter event and to waive rental fees; council members agreed by consensus to move the request to consent and to cover the cost from council discretionary funds if members unanimously support it.
Pastor Matt Gaines of Refuge Church requested that the city open the splash pad at Carpenter's Park for the church’s Easter event and asked the council to waive rental fees so the church could reallocate funds to event expenses.
Gaines said the event charges no admission and that vendors and volunteers donate goods and services. “Anything that day is donated back to the community,” he told the council, describing a volunteer team of about 75 to 100 people who handle cleanup.
City staff noted council has discretionary funding that can be used to sponsor events and that the council previously allocated those funds for the Martin Luther King parade (which was later canceled). Councilman Cusack moved — by consensus — to accept the Refuge Church splash-pad request and to cover rental fees from the council discretionary fund if all council members were in agreement. One councilmember disclosed a personal connection to a sponsor (Scoops / 850 Barbecue Co.) and said the vendor receives no profit from the event; the member abstained from raising a conflict.
The council placed the item on the consent agenda for the regular meeting with the understanding that council discretionary funds would cover fees if approved.
Ending: The request to open the splash pad and to review fee coverage was moved to the consent agenda and will be handled during the regular meeting if council remains unanimous; no formal roll-call vote was recorded during the work session.
