Does Rochelle need a community center?
That’s the question Christa Seebach asked during the Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District Board meeting Monday night. If the board should pursue a possible community center, she said it should be put on a binding referendum for the voters to decide.
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ROCHELLE — Does Rochelle need a community center?
That’s the question Christa Seebach asked during the Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District Board meeting Monday night. If the board should pursue a possible community center, she said it should be put on a binding referendum for the voters to decide.
“If the public has to pay for it, we should have a say,” she said.
Seebach, who is a past park board commissioner, cited a recent News-Leader article citing a proposed $11 million community center could cost the owner of a $150,000 home anywhere from $81 to $97 a year in additional taxes for the next 20 years.
It was pointed out by the board that the $11 million was only an arbitrary figure starting point and not a final proposal.