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Council tables request to halve weekly meeting-room fee for AA
Summary
Tracy Phillips asked the Council to cut a $20 weekly meeting-room fee to $10 for AA; after discussion on donations and precedent, Council withdrew an initial motion to reduce the fee and voted 4–0 to table the matter pending a possible solution.
Tracy Phillips, AA, asked the City Council at its May 26 meeting to reduce the weekly fee to rent the school meeting room from $20 to $10 to help her group maintain meetings.
Councilman Lewis moved to reduce the weekly fee to $10 but then withdrew that motion after Mayor Leonard Tartt said approving a cut could prompt similar requests from other groups. Phillips and Christie Holland stated AA must be self-supporting but may accept donations from individuals and in-kind contributions; they said businesses may not donate. After discussion, Councilman Lewis made a motion to table the issue, seconded by Councilman McClendon; the motion carried 4–0.
Mayor Tartt asked for time to produce a possible solution; the Council did not take a final vote on the fee and directed staff to return the item for further consideration at a future meeting.
