May 2024

Fed up with damage, Council nixes community center party rentals

The City Council followed a recommendation from City Manager Bob Elston on Tuesday to stop renting the Sleepy Eye Community Center’s main room to private groups because of repeat damage left behind by parties.Elston said the last straw was his discovery about a week ago of permanent marker “pretty much scribbled from one end to the other” on the luxury vinyl plank floor that was installed about two years ago at a cost of about $15,000.

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