A proposed labor contract amendment and incentives for promoters to bring acts to the Kansas Expocentre are among matters local governing bodies plan to take up this coming week.
The Shawnee County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in its chambers in Room B-11 of the county courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th. The Topeka City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers at 214 S.E. 8th.
Commissioners plan to consider entering into an agreement through which Philadelphia-based Spectra Venue Management, which manages the Kansas Expocentre under contract for the county, would provide the county $200,000 to establish an “event show fund.”
The intent of the fund is to provide incentives for promoters to bring events to the facility and, in some cases, offset the financial risk they or the facility may incur in connection with those events.
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