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Kingsburg council authorizes city manager to find partner or close bowl for July 3 fireworks
Summary
With the Chamber of Commerce stepping back, the council gave the city manager discretion to vet nonprofit partners to run the July 3 fireworks event, to use the Chamber's fireworks fund, or to close the bowl and run an aerial show if finances or staffing make opening the bowl impractical.
The Kingsburg City Council granted the city manager authority to find a nonprofit partner to staff and operate the July 3 Independence Day fireworks event — or to close the bowl and run an aerial fireworks show — after the Kingsburg District Chamber of Commerce told the city it would not host the event this year.
City Manager Alex Henderson said the chamber had about $14,000 in a fireworks fund and that the city’s usual $5,000 contribution and a roughly $1,500 music cost mean the council would need to allocate an additional roughly $8,000 to fund the…
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