Looks like another light agenda for the City Council tonight. One interesting thing is the contract providing funding from the city to various civic organizations. Yo may notice that the Convention and Tourism Bureau is not on the list of organizations funded. According to Councilwoman Jane Adams, the contract has been removed from the other contracts and will be negotiated separately. It appears the council at least wishes to negotiate language into the contract giving the city representation on the CCTB board commensurate with the amount of funding it provides to the CCTB, currently about 80%. City funding will prove even more important to the CCTB now that the organization has severed ties (and funding) with Jackson County as the Carbondale Times reported in its April 11 issue.
According to the article, the CCTB board sent a letter to the Jackson County Board in early February, asking if Jackson County wished to continue its relationship with the CCTB and giving a March 15 deadline for a response. The county did not respond and the CCTB decided to forgo the $12000 annually it received from the county, choosing instead to focus on Carbondale, which is problematic to say the least, given the current relations between the board and city council.
According to the article, the CCTB board sent a letter to the Jackson County Board in early February, asking if Jackson County wished to continue its relationship with the CCTB and giving a March 15 deadline for a response. The county did not respond and the CCTB decided to forgo the $12000 annually it received from the county, choosing instead to focus on Carbondale, which is problematic to say the least, given the current relations between the board and city council.
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