During the March 1, 2021 Scottsbluff City Council meeting; new City Manager Dustin Rief greeted councilmembers and laid out his vision for the first few months on the job:
The Lied Scottsbluff Library is considering going ‘fee-free’ for overdue items. Library Director Erin Aschenbrenner says she will ask the Scottsbluff City Council this evening to sign off the proposal. She says the American Library Association has passed a resolution recognizing late fees and fines as a form of social inequality. She adds that fines [.]
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Attendance took a big dip in fiscal year 2019-20 at the Riverside Discovery Center, but officials said that was to be expected with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
RDC director Anthony Mason told the Scottsbluff City Council Monday night that attendance at the zoo was 34,614 over the last year, down from about 45,000 the previous year.
With the big drop in attendance, admission income was down more than $13,000 (about 8%). Traditional visits from school groups and home school groups were canceled in most cases, adding to the decrease in attendance and contributing to a drop of more than $10,000 in group admissions. Admissions for seniors, among the highest at-risk population, was down by one-third, dropping by $2,600.
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