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Council backs raising public-event threshold to 100 and agrees not to bill routine city staff time for events
Summary
Sedro-Woolley — City staff on Sept. 3 recommended increasing the threshold that triggers a special-event permit for use of public property from 50 people to more than 100, and the council indicated support for that change along with clarifying exemptions for approved facility reservations and businesses holding events as part of their normal operations.
Sedro-Woolley — City staff on Sept. 3 recommended increasing the threshold that triggers a special-event permit for use of public property from 50 people to more than 100, and the council indicated support for that change along with clarifying exemptions for approved facility reservations and businesses holding events as part of their normal operations.
Finance Director Kelly Conkin said the current 50-person threshold prompted questions when staff compared facility capacities. She noted the large picnic shelter at Riverfront Park has a capacity of 100 and that requiring a special-event permit at 50 would capture many normal reservations. Staff recommended increasing the public threshold to "more than 100"…
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