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Green River Council weighs funding, oversight as volunteer committee seeks to relaunch Flaming Gorge Days
Summary
City staff and a newly formed volunteer committee outlined volunteer roles, costs and staffing hours for Flaming Gorge Days and asked the Green River City Council to direct staff to draft a services agreement and MOU. Councilmembers discussed possible seed funding but made no formal commitment.
The Green River City Council discussed plans to relaunch Flaming Gorge Days at a workshop that reviewed city staff time, volunteer roles, event costs and next steps for a new nonprofit committee.
City staff and volunteers said the event still requires substantial city support even if run by an outside nonprofit. Reid, a city staff presenter, summarized staff time estimates: "When you spread across multiple divisions... you're looking at about 674 hours," covering planning, setup and cleanup across police, parks and recreation, streets and fire services.
The volunteer group presented a roster of organizers and responsibilities and said it has taken initial steps to incorporate. Sherry Bushman, councilwoman and a lead organizer for the volunteer committee, said the group has opened a bank account and obtained tax paperwork: "We have a bank account at Trona Valley... we are good staying with the state and the federal. So we have an EIN." Committee volunteers identified roles including marketing, sponsorship sales, vendor and…
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