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Google"Even in tough economic times like these, our visitor numbers are up, and we have more and more to attract visitors to the region," Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Director of Tourism Cynthia McFarlin said.
McFarlin added that the Tourism committee is making the request for the proclamation to draw attention to the importance of tourism to Fort Scott and to recognize all the businesses and volunteers who promote our city.
The Top 10 Reasons to Visit Fort Scott and Bourbon County include interests such as Gordon Parks, Ellis Park, the National Historic Site, the National Cemetery, and many others.
The commission will also move to executive session under the following justifications:
* Personnel matters of non-elected personnel.
* Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship.
* Matters relating to employer-employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative or representatives of the body or agency.
* Confidential data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts and individual proprietorships.
* Preliminary discussions relating to the acquisition of real property.
Other items on the agenda include:
* Appearances from Terry Sercer and Reed Hartford. Sercer will discuss the 2008 audit and Hartford will represent the Good Neighbor Action Team.
* Consideration of bids for the Nelson Park Pavilion, a mid mount mower for Lake Fort Scott, and a mower for the Water Treatment Plant.
* Discussion regarding a vehicle for the Fort Scott Fire Chief.
* Fort Scott City Manager Joe Turner will discuss the city's mission statement and a comparison of Kansas property tax.
To receive a handout or more information on the agenda, contact Fort Scott City Clerk Diane Clay at (620) 223-0550 or dclay@fscity.org.
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Preliminary discussions relating to the acquisition of real property???
G I WONDER IF I CAN GUESS.
Hope it's not the golf course. It was my understanding that someone from out of town was able to buy the golf course.
The five justifications for going into Executive Session are on last page of every copy of the agenda in case a Commissioner wants to call for one, and the article above lists every single one of them, so I'm thinking they just got copied over from the agenda verbatim.
Either that, or they are planning an exec session for five different things, which I highly doubt.
Having looked at the agenda on the city website, the only mention of executive session is where the justifications for doing so are listed at the end of the agenda, as they are on every agenda.
Thank you to everyone who works on tourism! It indeed is a business that contributes to the economy.
We are so fortunate to have a friendly tourism staff and volunteers and a National Historic Site sitting at the end of our Main Street! We are way ahead of most cities our size in tourism efforts----we just need to continue to work on the heart of our tourism----our downtown--we need businesses, we need investments in our wonderful historic buildings.
I visited Gettysburg a few years ago----and I do believe we are more authentic than Gettysburg. I believe we can become the Gettysburg of the Plains-----Hidden away (or lost) on my desk is a list of tourism ideas for such an undertaking----things such as a blacksmith shop, filling station, dry goods shop, grocery store, post office, and much more. ----families would love coming to visit our history.
I have the ideas----now we just need the money, etc. and here we go!!!!!
Sugar
Does anybody know how they come up with the numbers of visitors? I know that anyone that stopped by the Chamber had to sign the guestbook even if they just wanted a map, to use the restroom, had a question or came to see someone. Is there really a way to track visitors coming in from somewhere other than locally?
They probably count cars going through town on 54 and 69. Multiply that times 4 (figuring each vehicle has that many occupants) to arrive at tourism numbers.