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Show Cedar Hills New Golf Course Concessionaire by Harlow Clark Cedar Hills is looking for a food concessionaire for the golf course. City Manager David Da-vid Bunker told the city council, March 19, that after interviewing interview-ing three local businesses about their proposals the Concessions Contract Committee felt Sammy's Sam-my's Pie Shakes best met their criteria. Some of the criteria included in-cluded plans for making a profit in an out-of-the-way location, covering utility and other costs, breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus, healthy food options, and partnering with schools and other groups. Council Member Stephanie Stepha-nie Martinez said Sammy's is"1 a destination location active in social media and she didn't doubt their ability to run the concession well. Council Member Trent Augustus had a question about the fees Sammy's would pay, particularly the word "audit" in the model contract. "I don't want all that information from Sammy's floating about in cyberspace," cy-berspace," he said. Bunker assured him that "audit" didn't refer to collecting collect-ing and publishing Sammy's confidential information, it simply sim-ply referred to verifying gross receipts. He gave an example of the fees being looked at as "$1200 a month or 10 percent, whichever is greater." Bunker said Sammy's needs about two weeks lead time, which means the council needs to act soon to get things in place for the upcoming season. sea-son. Jackman said he would be comfortable with a motion to move forward, allowing Mayor Gygi to negotiate a contract with Sammy's, "with the understanding under-standing that we might not approve ap-prove it." The mayor asked if Jack-man Jack-man would feel comfortable having the mayor, two council coun-cil members, the city attorney, and city manager conclude the contract. "I am uncomfortable," Jackman said. "Me too," said Council Member Jenney Rees. "We're dealing with city funds here," Jackman added. "I think we should have a vote." The mayor said he might have to call a special meeting meet-ing rather than wait till the next scheduled council meeting. meet-ing. Council members said they would be willing to have a special meeting but not on Saturday. |