KINGMAN, Ariz. – The Kingman City Council met Tuesday night, Oct. 6, to hear updates from the Kathryn Heidenreich Senior Center (KHAC) and Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course (CCGC) marketing updates. Mayor Watkins and Vice Mayor Cherish Sammeli also read three proclamations.
Mayor Watkins proclaimed the month of October as Community Planning Month and also Kingman Cancer Awareness Month. October 17 was proclaimed Golden Eagle Young Marines Day.
KHAC Executive Director Keisha Davis and KHAC board vice president Marty Adams provided updates on the senior center. The council gives KHAC $57,000 to hire two employees to maintain senior activities.
Moline said the $57,000 was paid to the Center quarterly, contingent on available funds.
KHAC director Ray Joiner resigned last June. That basically split the center – some supported the board; some supported, “the other side.” Adams stated the senior center is in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service and the Corporation Commission. Adams also said KHAC is a 501(3)(c) and therefore does not have to have open board meetings.
Councilwoman Jamie Scott Stehly and Sammeli said they were both interested in attending, just to see how KHAC operates. Adams said they need to call Keisha Davis and let her know so she could put them on the agenda.
The center is well attended, Adams stated. In July, 1,096 attended programs, about 200 of them new; August 1,211 participated with 107 new members; and September, 1,305 people entered their doors with 127 new people. Adams also told the council that KHAC has other funding sources – $15,000 from Kingman Regional Medical Center and also some $25,000 in private donations. They also get $2 from every person who enters their doors. Additionally, she said, they sell punch cards, rent the building to various organizations who help pay utilities.
Director of Parks Mike Meersman briefed the council on an updated marketing plan to get the golf course out of the red. Rate increases were discussed. Removing turf and going desert was also on the list to save money. Council members were not happy with the plan nor ideas mentioned. They wanted more things happening now like a newsletter, drones flying over the golf course and a video made for social media.
An update regarding the golf course is expected in 30 to 60 days.
