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Commissioners grant tentative fee waiver for Make-A-Wish fundraiser pending alcohol plan
Summary
A fee-waiver request for a Make-A-Wish fundraising event at Pavilion 2 was approved subject to finalizing how alcohol sales (if any) will be handled under county licensing rules.
Commissioners on May 15 approved, pending final details, a fee waiver request for a Make-A-Wish fundraising event at Pavilion 2 organized by Chris Miner, owner of Rumours. Miner said the event will support a 16-year-old with lymphoma whose wish is to go to Disney World.
Miners said the fundraiser includes multiple activities and past Make-A-Wish events have raised significant sums; he reported prior totals ranging from about $2,000 in early years to $35,000 in a recent year. During the meeting, staff raised a specific concern about alcohol: while alcohol might be consumed at the facility, the county’s license prohibits profit-sharing on alcohol sales and requires county oversight if alcohol is sold on site. The county and the organizer discussed the possibility of a beer truck reserved by the vendor and said any sales would need to be handled through the county’s license and could change contract language.
County staff asked whether the organizer wanted to delay signing until the alcohol-handling details were finalized. The parties agreed the board should approve the fee waiver now and finalize contract language about alcohol sales and food trucks through staff negotiation so the organizer would not need to return to a future meeting.
The board’s recorded motion was to consider the fee waiver approved and direct staff to work with the organizer to finalize the contract terms, including clarifying whether alcohol would be sold and how that would be managed under the county’s liquor-license conditions.
