HomeMy WebLinkAboutFree Use of Civc Center-1991 Mayor arranges free use
of civic center by friend
By Elaine Bennett.--7_1/ property along the highway,
mailed notices to the property
OF THE SENTINEL STAFF owners Feb. 1, advising them of
the meeting.
WINTER SPRINGS — A group On Friday, Kulbes denied he
of Longwood business owners had scheduled Thursday's meet-
used the Winter Springs Civic ing. But he said he had obtained
Center free of charge after Mayor the civic center key from the
Phil Kulbes told a staffer to sched- city's recreation director earlier
ule the meeting as a "city func- Thursday. Kulbes, who did not at-
tion,"staff members said. tend the meeting, said he turned
The meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. the key over to Binford.
Thursday was organized by one of Recreation Director Glenn Whit-
Kulbes' political backers, a Winter sett said Friday that Kulbes
Springs businessman recently ap- scheduled the meeting nearly two
pointed by the mayor to the city's weeks agc and specifically told
districting commission. him it was a "city function. The
Realtor Tom Binford told The records reflect that."
Orlando Sentinel Thursday the According to Whitsett, business
meeting had nothing to do with groups from outside Winter
Winter Springs and that Kulbes Springs must pay a $50 damage
had given him the civic center's deposit and $35 an hour to rent
key earlier in the day. the civic center. Payment must be
About a dozen Longwood resi- made in advance.
dents attended the meeting to dis- If there was no city function,
cuss their opposition to that city's City Manager Dick Rozansky said,
plan to make them hook up to "Somebody's going to have to pay.
new city sewer lines along County We have rules and they must be
Road 427. Binford, who owns followed by everyone."