The mayor of Owensboro is planning to introduce a plan to save a city-owned golf course from being sold.
The Messenger-Inquirer reports Mayor Ron Payne will share the plan with the city commission at its Tuesday evening meeting. The city’s proposed budget does not include funding for Hillcrest Golf Course, listing it as eligible to be sold to private interests.
A new ordinance that includes funding for the nine-hole course will be introduced as an amendment to the budget during the city commission meeting.
The ordinance proposes to fund the golf course through a slight increase in the city’s occupational tax.
The increase would also help cover the city’s recent $2.4 million commitment to the construction of the new downtown International Bluegrass Music Center.
