Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Council denies permit fee waiver
selling arts, crafts, antiques,
and food. In addition, on the
graveled lot at 320-350 W.
Cascade Ave., there will be
a two-story Western façade
town with four Wild West
shows each day that are free
to the public.
This will be the fifth year
for the show, previously held
at Creekside Park.
Esterman, as the owner of
Central Oregon Shows, has
staged a number of events
over the years in Sisters
including the Sisters Antiques
in the Park and the Sisters
Fall Street Festival (different
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
City Councilor Richard
Esterman stepped down from
the dais at the March 22 City
Council meeting to address
the rest of the Council as a
private citizen and business
owner.
Esterman was request-
ing a waiver of the public
events permit fee of $375 for
the Sisters Wild West Show,
August 19-20, to be held on
Oak Street between Main
and Cascade avenues, with a
variety of booths for vendors
from the Chamber’s Harvest
Faire). He organizes the
shows, secures the event per-
mits from the City, pays for
the advertising, and secures
the vendors, who each pay
him a $175 fee for their booth
space.
The Wild West shows
help draw the public to the
area where the vendors are
located. Esterman has to pay
the actors of the Deschutes
Desperados company for
their performances.
Last year, Esterman
reported he only cleared sev-
eral hundred dollars after
paying all expenses, includ-
ing for the actors. He con-
tends that the Wild West
shows bring “2,000-5,000
visitors to Sisters” and the
entire city benefits. This year,
the Wild West shows will be
on the same weekend as the
solar eclipse that is estimated
to bring tens of thousands of
visitors to Central Oregon.
He requested of the
Council that the permit fee be
waived. After comments from
Esterman and discussion
among the Council mem-
bers, the Council decided
not to waive the permit fee.
City attorney Jeremy Green
advised against “setting a
precedent of waiving permit
fees which can become prob-
lematic,” encouraging others
to request similar waivers.
City manager Rick Allen
reminded Council that the
City can allocate funds as a
sponsor of the event if it ben-
efits the City beyond what
any event normally does.
In the past, and again this
year, Esterman has billed
his events as fundraisers for
nonprofit organizations, and
See WAIVER DENIED on page 18
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