Reno calls off July Fourth fireworks
By Susan Voyles.
The Reno City Council agreed Friday to cancel fireworks for the Fourth of July, bowing out to the much bigger Star-Spangled Sparks show in downtown Sparks, and use that money and other funds to support special events.
The Reno Aces, however, will still have Fourth of July fireworks after their 7 p.m. game at the downtown baseball stadium.
The council agreed that the $7,500 planned for fireworks would be better spent supporting the national hand cycling championship that will be part of the Tour de Nez bicycle classic on June 17-20.
With that backing, “we could get them every year and make it into a bigger event,” Councilman Dave Aiazzi said.
Other decisions:Special events: In tweaking its budget for this year and next, the council on Friday agreed to use the proceeds from a 1 percent franchise fee increase for June to maintain the city’s special events grants, which total about $225,000, rather than cut them in the new fiscal year. Council has made special events a top priority this year as a means of drawing tourism and to help cheer up local people in this recession.
Weight loss program: The council also supported member Dan Gustin’s request to spend $15,000 in its next budget to put 12 police officers and firefighters, if they agree, on a three-month program to lose weight in hopes they will stick with it. Their initial program would be overseen by a doctor, physical fitness experts and a nutritionist.Preventing any one of them from a heart attack would save the city $1 million in medical bills, Gustin said.
SAVE program: The council agreed to spend $6,000 to restore a planned cut in supplies for the police department’s SAVE volunteers over next year. These volunteers check on people’s homes, write handicapped parking tickets and check on graffiti, among other duties.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20090522/NEWS/90522046/1321/NEWS
The Reno City Council agreed Friday to cancel fireworks for the Fourth of July, bowing out to the much bigger Star-Spangled Sparks show in downtown Sparks, and use that money and other funds to support special events.
The Reno Aces, however, will still have Fourth of July fireworks after their 7 p.m. game at the downtown baseball stadium.
The council agreed that the $7,500 planned for fireworks would be better spent supporting the national hand cycling championship that will be part of the Tour de Nez bicycle classic on June 17-20.
With that backing, “we could get them every year and make it into a bigger event,” Councilman Dave Aiazzi said.
Other decisions:Special events: In tweaking its budget for this year and next, the council on Friday agreed to use the proceeds from a 1 percent franchise fee increase for June to maintain the city’s special events grants, which total about $225,000, rather than cut them in the new fiscal year. Council has made special events a top priority this year as a means of drawing tourism and to help cheer up local people in this recession.
Weight loss program: The council also supported member Dan Gustin’s request to spend $15,000 in its next budget to put 12 police officers and firefighters, if they agree, on a three-month program to lose weight in hopes they will stick with it. Their initial program would be overseen by a doctor, physical fitness experts and a nutritionist.Preventing any one of them from a heart attack would save the city $1 million in medical bills, Gustin said.
SAVE program: The council agreed to spend $6,000 to restore a planned cut in supplies for the police department’s SAVE volunteers over next year. These volunteers check on people’s homes, write handicapped parking tickets and check on graffiti, among other duties.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20090522/NEWS/90522046/1321/NEWS
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