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Youth Task Force reviews Halloween 'Nightmare' event logistics after budget shortfall; committee approves $700 reallocation
Summary
Committee discussed volunteer assignments, tents, haunted-house costs and sponsorship shortfalls for the Halloween event; members approved a motion to move $700 from the holiday festival line item to cover immediate Halloween needs.
The Youth Task Force spent extended time finalizing plans for the committee’s big Halloween event (identified at times in the meeting as “Nightmare on Mount Rose” and the Halloween night program). Organizers said the haunted-house contract alone is $17,860 and the committee’s event line has $15,000 budgeted, leaving an immediate shortfall.
Facing that gap and other last-minute needs (tarps, staple guns, lighting and candy), the committee voted to transfer $700 from an existing holiday line item to the Halloween event as a short-term reserve. The motion passed by roll call.
Why it matters: The Halloween program is one of the committee’s largest annual public events and involves extensive volunteer staffing, tents and contractors (lighting towers, a rented haunted-house attraction). A shortfall…
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