Declining sales tax leads council to make tough choices

“Love it or list it,” Kimball City Council member James Schnell said, regarding the Kimball Event Center at the July 19 Kimball City Council meeting, amid serious budget concerns.

“We are so strapped on our finances, we know now that the funding we would need to use almost all of our trust to try to redo the Event Center,” Schnell said. “Now, that funding is probably going to have to be redirected to help offset our share of the underpass project. I’ve been preaching for the last year either we love it or we list it.”

The operational budget for the Event Center is approximately $100,000, accor...