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Alice council approves budget amendment for parks, pool demolition and golf-course improvements
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance amending the budget to allocate about $700,000 for parks and athletic-field upgrades, $250,000 for golf-course improvements (including fencing) and $50,000 for city-sponsored promotions, and noted an estimated $50,000 for municipal pool demolition.
The Alice City Council voted to adopt a budget amendment on March 17 that funds a package of parks, athletic-field and golf-course improvements and authorizes demolition of a deteriorating municipal swimming pool.
City staff told the council the proposed amendment would allocate about $700,000 to continue enhancements to neighborhood parks and athletic fields (playground equipment, a zip line, restrooms and bleachers), roughly $250,000 for golf-course improvements including fencing and other upgrades, and $50,000 under a city-sponsorship/promotion line intended for event promotion. Staff also presented an estimated $50,000 cost to demolish the municipal swimming pool due to safety concerns and deterioration.
During discussion, staff and the city attorney cautioned about the limits on spending for certain events under hotel/motel tax rules; as a result, the council instructed staff to refine event spending to meet statutory requirements while approving the line-item allocations. Jay Garcia and other staff described the golf-course fencing plan (approximately 11,000 linear feet as a rough estimate) and said fencing would control unauthorized access, reduce damage and protect course playability.
The ordinance passed on a motion, second and voice vote. Council members asked staff to report back with implementation details, final vendor quotes and confirmation that any event spending will meet legal and hotel/motel tax requirements.
Why it matters: the amendment directs several hundred thousand dollars to recreation and tourism-related infrastructure and includes demolition of an unsafe pool; because some funding lines intersect hotel/motel tax rules and event-promotion restrictions, council requested follow-up details before expenditures occur.
Next steps: staff to return with final scopes, vendor quotes and confirmation of statutory eligibility for any promotional or event-related spending prior to execution.
