It may not be the most exciting City Council meeting this year, but there may be a few ‘fights’.
First let’s get started with the Mayor’s Beauty Awards (make sure every hair and blade of grass is in place!)
Item #1, Approval of Contracts.
Legal Services for the Events Center (Wonder if this has to do with the siding ‘settlement’?)
New flooring for the Washington Pavilion. While this is no surprise, it brings up a great question about what the entertainment tax revenue is being used for since the bonds have been paid off.
The city council’s Budget Analyst, David Bixler told council last week (though he admitted that he was getting further info) that he thought the extra money now in the entertainment tax fund (extra penny on entertainment, eating out, etc. often called the 7th cent) is being used on maintenance on the Pavilion, Orpheum, Arena, Convention Center, etc., BUT NOT the Events Center.
It would be interesting to see the breakdown, and why the Pavilion is ‘hogging’ all the money?
Item #4, MMA fighting ordinance. I really don’t know what to think of this. On one hand, I don’t like violence or professional sports, in fact I think they are both ‘silly’.
I also don’t have a issue with two consenting adults, whether they are male or female, beating the crap out of each other (as long as they signed the proper paperwork 🙂 and since this kind of crap is already going on in a hospital owned facility (The Pentagon), what’s the harm?
Maybe I will see something to open my eyes on Tuesday night to change my mind?
Last but not least is the pool rates, 1st reading, Item #6.