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Parks board removes giraffe barn from $24 million bond; keeps bond, reassigns $10 million for maintenance
Summary
The Evansville Board of Parks Commissioners voted to remove a proposed $10 million giraffe barn from a planned $24 million parks bond, keeping the overall bond size and reallocating the funds to maintenance and zoo veterinary needs. The board will reissue public notice for an Oct. 16 comment hearing and a final vote Oct. 30.
The Evansville Board of Parks Commissioners voted to remove a proposed giraffe barn from a planned parks bond package during a preliminary bond hearing Sept. 2, while keeping the overall bond authorization at $24 million and directing staff to reallocate the roughly $10 million for maintenance and other zoo needs.
The board opened the preliminary determination hearing on a bond “not to exceed $24,000,000,” and administration representatives announced they had asked the board to pull the giraffe-barn project from the bond. “The administration has decided to pull the giraffe barn from this bond,” an administration official said during the hearing. Dennis Sutton, bond counsel with Bose McKinney & Evans,…
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