Supporters of Arcadia center to get hearing

 

Those “passionate” about Arcadia maintaining the city’s recreation center will get a chance to discuss their ideas at a public hearing to be scheduled after the first of the year.

Through the Wanek Center now provides recreation space for city residents, the center on East Main Streets remains open to the public and is used for, among other activities, basketball practice. 

Center utilities cost the city about $8,000 a year, Mayor Kevin Mayzek said at last Wednesday’s council meeting. The building also needs a new roof and the city does not have the staff to clean the center after use.

“There are a lot of passionate people concerned about the center,” said council member Kyle Myhre. “They’re going to have to come forward and say what they’re willing to do” before the city devotes more money to the building.

In other business, the council:

• Formally named the county’s Department of Land Management as the city’s official building inspector.

• Adopted new sewer rates that will increase residential bills by 16 cents per 1,000 gallons. Charges for industrial users also climbed.

• Heard that circulating nomination papers for city offices began Dec. 1 and that council member Joe Feltes announced he would not be seeking re-election. Feltes’s non-candidacy leaves an opening in Ware 1B while Ward 3B remains vacant.

• Received a payment from Ron and Joyce Wanek for $96,300 for trees for Memorial Park and the El Dorado housing development.

• Adopted a revised ordinance outlining new no-parking zones in the city.

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