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Advisory board approves recommendation to charge fees for bounce houses and to expand sponsorships
Summary
The advisory board voted to ask staff to explore charging fees for bounce houses and specialized activities at city signature events and to recommend expansion of sponsorship tiers; motions were backed to offset costs as part of broader planning for a 5% departmental budget reduction.
At its meeting, the North Port Parks & Recreation Advisory Board voted to recommend that fees be used to offset the costs of bounce houses and other specialized activities at city signature events and separately approved a motion to pursue expanded sponsorship opportunities.
Trish Georges, the department staff liaison, outlined the rationale: many signature events have high fixed costs and limited direct revenue. "The Freedom Festival alone cost me direct indirect costs before we put any staff in $75,000 because the fireworks alone are almost 40," Georges said, describing…
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