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Board to form ad hoc committee to recommend site for voter-approved indoor youth sports facility
Summary
Following a hotelier referendum approving a dedicated funding mechanism, county staff recommended forming an ad hoc committee to review potential sites and nominate initial authority members; commissioners signaled support and noted desired representation from hoteliers, sports and development experts.
Kalamazoo County staff recommended on May 7 that the Board of Commissioners form an ad hoc committee to review candidate sites for an indoor youth sports facility and to recommend a municipal partner to form an authority under the Municipal Partnership Act.
Jane Ghosh, presenting for administration, said the recent hotelier referendum had met quorum and approval thresholds: county staff reported a 75% quorum of eligible rooms and 82% of ballots cast were in favor of the referendum. The referendum language contemplates the facility will be owned and operated by an…
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