Budget Blowout, Woolsey Sink Concerts Of The Bluff
Written by 991KBU on January 21, 2019
The two Concert On The Bluffs events may have been huge and popular success stories.
But the city is giving up on them.
Volunteers largely put on the events … two outdoor concerts featuring top notch symphony and ballet performers.
They cost the city $45,000 in 2016 and $88,000 in 2017.
But it took a huge amount of time and resources by both volunteers and city staff to produce the show.
The out the previously-volunteer effort out for bid … and the expense would be staggering.
Four companies submitted bids … ranging from 218 thousand dollars to 350 thousand dollars. It’s up to the city council … but the city manager is recommending that Concert on The Bluffs go on permanent hiatus.
The effects of the Woolsey Fire … and the high cost of producing the concert … apparently are the end of it.
The matter goes before the city council next Monday.
