City Council members questioned today whether a golf course that could receive $750,000 in city money should be able to do so without an open bid.
“We’re using the public’s pocketbook,” said Councilman Jack Benson. “I don’t understand not advertising that bid.”
The city has discussed putting $750,000 into a $1.3 million stormwater renovation project at Chattanooga Golf and Country Club. The council is expected to vote on the issue next week.
City officials maintain the course’s drainage ditches need fixing because they were built by the federal government during the Depression in the 1930s and are public domain.
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