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Joshua City board approves up to $80,000 from hotel-tax balance to finish stage building
Summary
The Joshua City Economic Development and Parks Board voted unanimously to authorize up to $80,000 from the city's hotel/motel tax fund balance to complete a new stage building at Sandry Creek, officials said. Staff gave an estimate of remaining work and line-item costs, and members approved the request by voice vote.
The Joshua City Economic Development and Parks Board on July 21 approved a motion to authorize up to $80,000 from the city's hotel/motel tax fund balance to finish a stage building at Sandry Creek, board members said.
A parks staff member told the board the building itself is in place but that costs have risen, primarily because of concrete and foundation work. "We used almost $71,000 out of what was remaining for the hotelmotel fund," the staff member said, and added the board would likely need "about $80,000 to finish it" to complete insulation, electrical work, gates and gate openers, and parking-base work.
The staff member provided a breakdown of estimated remaining costs: a $35,000 outstanding invoice for the building shell, electrical work estimated at $8,300, insulation at $5,500, an additional small concrete tie-in estimated at $5,000, roughly $7,000 for flex base for the parking area and an unconfirmed fence quote. The speaker characterized these figures as estimates and said some final quotes were still pending.
Board members asked questions about location and construction. The staff member said the structure is at Sandry Creek and described the foundation as substantial because the stage must support a heavy trailer. The speaker said some fence and gate removal was necessary to set the building and that doing the work in-house likely reduced contractor markup but left some costs unknown until quotes were finalized.
The funding would come from the hotel/motel tax fund balance and, according to the staff member, could be repaid over time as hotel-tax revenue is collected quarterly. The staff member said the hotel-tax revenue typically brings in about $10,000 to $12,000 a year and that reimbursements from ongoing hotel-tax receipts could replenish the balance slowly.
Board Member (unnamed) moved to approve up to $80,000 to finish the building; another board member seconded. The motion carried by a unanimous voice vote; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.
Officials said the finished building will store and protect the stage and its supporting trailer and could hold seasonal decorations and other city equipment that officials said they want to keep clean and secure. The staff member said the structure's size was chosen to allow space for equipment and that the construction uses a deep foundation and concrete slab to support the trailer's weight.
At the meeting's close, members listed several items for future agendas, including an invitation to a representative from JYSA (a local youth association) to discuss coordinating events, discussion of next year's budgeted pickleball courts, and preliminary plans for Cooper Valley Park, where a buried gas line will limit the location of any new structures.
The board did not set specific repayment dates for the hotel-tax funds used; staff described repayment as contingent on quarterly hotel-tax receipts and said it could take multiple years to replenish the balance depending on future hotel activity.
