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Jefferson County reviews event-permit draft after Symmetry festival draws noise and safety questions
Summary
Supervisors heard a presentation from Symmetry festival organizers about economic benefits, then debated a draft event-permit and noise ordinance that would cover gatherings of 100+ people and set daytime (80 dB) and nighttime (60 dB) limits measured at neighboring property lines; the board did not vote and asked staff for more work.
Don Revolinski, the presenter for the Symmetry Music & Arts Festival, told the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors the second-annual festival drew about 1,200 attendees, 100 staff, 75 volunteers and 200 artists and "produced an estimated $1,200,000 in total local economic output," based on Iowa Tourism and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis spending models. Supervisors and nearby residents pressed Revolinski on security, underage access and drug overdoses; he said the festival used a single gated entrance with wristbands, 25 on-site security staff in rotating shifts, an on-site medical team and harm-reduction volunteers…
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