Warsaw City Council reviewed expenses for the City-County Athletic Complex during Monday night’s meeting.
The council previously reviewed an expense report for the organization at its September meeting, and requested the council have access to a year-end expense report.
The expense report the council was presented previously was for Jan. 1 through Sept. 26.
Karl Swihart, CCAC executive director, attended Monday night’s meeting and spoke of projected expenses for the remainder of this year.
Council President Joe Thallemer said the expense report showed an income of $113,000 through the end of September, and the city was wondering what the projected income will be for the end of this year.
Swihart said out of the $113,000, $35,000 of that was in grants that was spent toward building a multi-sports facility.
He said the facility was built to help the CCAC become more self-sufficient and receive income in the winter.
“We still have projected costs of $40,600 in our day-to-day activities of wages, insurance and utilities for the remainder of this year,” Swihart said.
Councilman Charlie Smith said it would be helpful in the future if the city had access to anticipated expenses through the end of the year, and a comparison to the previous years.
“The CCAC is one of our crown jewels and serves as an extension of our parks department, providing recreation and revenue with people who come to tournaments who stay at hotels and eat at restaurants,” Smith said.
Councilman Jerry Patterson asked Swihart when the CCAC will be self-sufficient.
Swihart said it is weather dependent, and by building the multi-purpose sports facility, the CCAC hopes to be self-sufficient in the next two years.
Councilman Kyle Babcock commended Swihart for work done at the CCAC, but said he felt the taxpayer subsidy for the CCAC needs to come to an end.
He suggested the CCAC look at ways to be more self-sufficient.
