About 40 people attended a town hall meeting at the facility Thursday.
Yorkville aldermen are poised to vote on whether to continue leasing the REC Center at their meeting Tuesday after about 40 people attended a town hall meeting Thursday on the subject. Opinions at the forum, hosted by the city’s Park Board, ranged from assertions that the city could not afford to operate the facility, suggestions that the city partner with school officials to provide recreation programs and predictions that the REC Center makes Yorkville more attractive for young families. The next city council meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Yorkville City Hall. Under the 2008 lease agreement, the city could purchase the REC Center for about $4 million, continue the lease through 2018, or opt out of the agreement in June 2013. City …
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Negotiations to purchase the facility could stretch on for a year or so after the deadline to opt out of the lease, city leaders said.
The formal decision to opt out of the REC Center lease in June 2013 will be easy to make next month, city leaders said. City Council members have reached a consensus to opt out of the lease – which will mean paying the landlord a penalty of at least $100,000 – and city staff will continue negotiations surrounding purchasing the building, Mayor Gary Golinski said Tuesday. “We’re working very hard,” Golinski said, of negotiations surrounding the potential purchase. “… I’m not going to put my support behind it until I know it’s going to be successful.” Under the 2008 agreement, the city could purchase the REC Center for about $4 million, continue the lease through 2018, or opt out of the agreement in June 2013. City leaders need to inform the…
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What's the truth????
10:29 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
You do realize that the Walkers have never said that, at least I haven't seen it in the paper that they have said they would operate it as Club 47. The only thing I have ever seen is that they are willing to renegotiate the lease. Other than that it has been city alderman asuming that the Walkers will reopen the building. How do we know that they won't sell the land to someone. That's right … more ›