Great Bend Community Coordinator Christina Hayes voiced her concern Monday night at the Great Bend City Council meeting that the city was $6,000 short of raising enough money for a fireworks show on the 4th of July.
After eliminating the fireworks display last year because of a lack of fundraiser, the city decided to take on the responsibility of fundraising for the show at the Great Bend Expo Complex.
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Letters asking for donations were sent to local businesses at the end of 2017.
Hayes also mentioned a community member asked her why the city does not bid out the firework display shooter each year. Hayes noted the city sticks with contracts of three to five years with a company to run the firework display based on familiarity.
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Menges Rental, based out of Ellinwood, is the current firework display shooter. The city always chips in $5,000 for the fireworks.