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Vancouver council approves downtown farmers market permit; asks staff to report event costs
Summary
The Vancouver City Council approved a permit for the downtown farmers market on Jan. 13 while several council members pressed staff to include itemized staffing and operational costs in future reports for public events.
The Vancouver City Council on Jan. 13 approved the downtown farmers market permit but several council members asked staff to provide explicit accounting of city staffing and other costs tied to events.
Councilor Fox, who led questions during the meeting, said the staff report’s notation of “no cost” understates ongoing city involvement and asked for future reports to list the number of staff hours, police or fire coverage and other concrete cost lines. “Three minutes seems to be adequate for short testimonies … but there still are some costs,” Councilor Fox said, asking…
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