Weatherwax Golf Course is a community asset

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   Randy- Weatherwax is indeed a fine course for the community. With that acknowledgment, from strictly a financial standpoint, and with the course losing $200,000 last year, AND knowing that this city is financially strapped and just scraping by on the current budget, isn't this course a luxury that we can ill afford and benefits only a small number of people in the city? Isn't this like Sunset Pool in that it is a luxury cost absorbed by a city that can't even afford the basics and a small percentage of people use? Doesn't seem logical to keep it open if it's a financial liability. Time to mothball it along with Sunset until it is affordable within the city budget. JMO 

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VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 19 2009 at 3:08pm
	Randy- Weatherwax is indeed a fine course for the community. With that acknowledgment, from strictly a financial standpoint, and with the course losing $200,000 last year, AND knowing that this city is financially strapped and just scraping by on the current budget, isn't this course a luxury that we can ill afford and benefits only a small number of people in the city? Isn't this like Sunset Pool in that it is a luxury cost absorbed by a city that can't even afford the basics and a small percentage of people use? Doesn't seem logical to keep it open if it's a financial liability. Time to mothball it along with Sunset until it is affordable within the city budget. JMO

randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Jan 13 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote randy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 19 2009 at 12:26pm
	I would like to assure golf course employees and the community alike, that our discussion during the Council Finance Sub Committee was centered around the fact that Weatherwax is a community asset that we want to protect, but acknowledging that there has been a deficit in recent years. The deficit in 2008 was about $220,000. It is good management to discuss the issues and talk about options for the future. The golf course is fully funded for 2009. We have great employees who care a great deal about the course; the funding issues are simply a sign of the times. Full City Report For FEB.16