Work session set on conference center RFP

Questions remain about ownership, subsidies

Sunday, September 30, 2012

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Revised conference center RFP

The Jefferson City Council is set to continue discussing the request for proposals for the conference center in a special work session Oct. 8, where several large issues may be decided.

Mayor Eric Struemph said the work session would allow decisions to be made as a council and as a community for how the RFP is presented to potential partners.

Ownership is one of the largest issues to be discussed, said City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus, but it also leads into other potential decision points. Council members have brought up a number of concerns with the concept as presented, and they are not all in agreement on ....

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rodinman 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ms Carroll needs more info? i attended an administrative meeting, which she chaired, and Mr Gaskin gave a 20 minute talk about the pros and cons of conference and convention centers -- he did not take sides - and offered to help the city. He provided each council person with a 42-page packet. If she had either paid attention at the meeting or read the material afterwards she would haver lots of information. One major item in the packet -- the Orlando area convention center needs about $11 million in FY2011 in tax money to break even. His packet includes info about which capitol cities do and do not have conference centers, convention centers, major interstate access, etc.

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