And Whereas

:Whereas;
Goods and services  required by a municipality  must be obtained by competition for  best price and value.
And whereas; 
Opportunities  for business in public facilities  are  similarly governed 
And whereas;
Entertainment in a public facility comes under the heading of business opportunity
And whereas;
In order to obtain best price and value for entertainment  in a public facility
Now therefore be it resolved
The Director of Recreation and Parks be directed to prepare a form  for Expression of Interest from parties interested in providing a Festival of Music in the Town Park for the August holiday week-end of 2013
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Above is  first draft of a notice intended for  the next meeting.of Council.
 In 2010 , 2011 and 12, town facilities including  band shell,
 washrooms , park and funds were made available to  a private business  to organise  a music festival  during the August holiday week-end.
The park was  fenced off to charge admission. 
Food vendors paid  fees  to the organiser to ply their wares in the park
A beer garden was operated, adding  to the revenues .
An ATM machine was provided , to encourage revenues to stay within the park environs.
A  federal  Member of Parliament  and a Provincial Minister of Culture  lent their presence to promote the endeavour. 
The  Town's Mayor on the other hand,  was  excluded :personna non grata.
Goodwill  pointedly withheld .
Neither benefit, enlightenment nor cultural  uplift of the community
can  therefore be contemplated in the circumstance. 
Establishing, beyond a doubt the event was  an endeavour for other than public benefit. . 
It is entirely  inappropriate public facilities should  again be made available for to the organiser of this event. 
For a town park and other facilities  to be  closed off from public access  for the purpose of a music festival during a holiday week-end, Council authority  is necessary..
Terms of reference need to be established . 
Further still, making  town facilities  available for rent ,for the purpose of concert promotion, should be open to invitational competitive bids with conditions  and limits to occupancy made clear
As a footnote,  the Mayor has apparently been informed by the St Kitts woman, he had only to ask her if he wanted to meet the  Provincial Minister of Culture.
I  mention it  to indicate the level of ridiculosity, we have reached in this entanglement.