| Hyrum
may consider selling Elite Hall, mayor says By
Ryan M. Monk
November 6, 2006 | HYRUM -- This city is losing money
on Elite Hall.
If anyone wants it and would be willing to pay top
dollar, "we would be glad to do business," said Mayor
Dean Howard at Thursday's City Council meeting.
The hall, which hosts everything from family parties
to USU swing dances, took in about $5,000 in rental
fees but spent around three times that in "barebones
maintenance," said City Administrator D. Brent Jensen.
"You look at our parks and our playgrounds and they
cost us money but the people who use it are very appreciative,"
said the mayor. "We are tight on the budget and it's
not going to be cheap to keep it in use, especially
after the new library is built and running."
Howard recommended the question of what to do about
the building be considered again at the next council
meeting, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hyrum Civic Center.
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