Visitors bureau budget issue before council

-- Theresa Moreau

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- The City Council is expected at its next regular

meeting to take up the issue of City Atty. Gail Hutton’s memo regarding

the city’s Conference & Visitors Bureau’s possible contract with Mayor

Dave Garofalo.

Discussion will focus on whether to give the city attorney and city

staff direction about whether there should be continued financial support

to the visitor’s bureau, which receives funding from the city, Councilman

Dave Sullivan said.

The bureau “does an outstanding job, and nobody would want to cut off

their funding; however, if the contract to produce the visitors guide is

inappropriate, it should be immediately terminated,” he said.

The council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 2000 Main St.