Organization will continue to operate in facility rent-free
By Jason Arndt
Staff Writer
The Common Council on Tuesday decided to move forward with a plan to allow the Burlington Senior Activity Center to hold a three-year rent-free lease instead of the typical annual renewal.
The Senior Center, 587 E. State St., has been operated by a nonprofit organization in a city-owned facility since 2018 when the city began allowing the group to not pay rent.
According to city officials, the rent-free lease allows the Senior Center more time to identify revenue sources, which would help the group find financially sustainable solutions.
The Senior Center mostly relies on voluntary membership donations as well as renting space for events.
In recent years, the Common Council has revisited the matter on an annual basis, with the most recent discussion happened at a Jan. 18 Committee of the Whole meeting.
Council President Jon E. Schultz, of District 3, said at that meeting that the agreement was to eventually receive rent from the Senior Center.
If it isn’t going to happen, Schultz said, the Common Council should develop an agreement with a renewal of three years instead of one year.
To read the entire story, including other news from the March 1 Common Council meeting, see the March 3 edition of the Burlington Standard Press.
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