2001 - Saginaw County

Board of Commissioners February 27, 2001
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON COUNTY SERVICES
Todd M. Hare, Chair
Raymond F. Bartels, Vice-Chair
Kenneth B. Horn
Michael P. O'Hare
Carl E. Ruth
Robert L. Fish
By Commissioner Hare: That the Report of the Committee be received
and the recommendations contained therein be adopted. Approved.
FROM: COMMITTEE ON COUNTY SERVICES -- 2.5 FEBRUARY 27, 2001
Your committee considered communication no. 2-27-9 from the County
of Saginaw Building Authority sending its Report and
Recommendations regarding the Civic Center, as requested by the
Board of Commissioners on August 15, 2000 in Report 2.9.
Commissioners received a copy on February 1, 2001.
To summarize, in Report 8-15-2.9 the Board requested the Building
Authority to address the following:
- Contracting with a professional consulting firm to
perform a feasibility study on the future of the Center;
- Soliciting request for proposals from experienced,
private, for-profit, customer-focused management firms
to operate the Center; and,
- Contracting with a professional engineering firm to
perform a study which would examine and estimate costs
associated with bringing the facility up to County
quality standards.
The Report from the Building Authority, 2-27-9, recommends the
Board endorse Option #3 to accomplish the following:
- Closing the current Saginaw Civic Center previously
operated and funded by the City, and creating a new
County Events Center at the same location;
- Providing a professionally-operated Center with a
profit-driven, customer-focused, experienced management
firm;
- Providing a first class facility that all County
residents can call their own and of which they can be
proud;
- Providing for new, expanded, and higher quality events
for the enjoyment of all County residents; and,
- Enhancing the quality of life of County residents by
providing them with a vibrant Events Center complete
with arena and theater, much the same as other
progressive, metropolitan communities in the United
States.
The proposed funding source for Option #3 renovations in the
amount of $14,000,000 (attached) is a 0.4500 millage covering a
ten year period; and continuation of the 5% Hotel/Motel Tax. (A
1% increase in the 4% Hotel/Motel Tax was approved by the Board to
keep the Civic Center operating during the transition period of
January 1 - September 30, 2001.)
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