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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown Civic Center is recommending they cancel their contract between themselves and the Rough Rider Association Inc.

During the Civic Center and Promotion Committee meeting, Civic Center Manager Pam Fosse pointed out that the Civic Center and city are both taking a loss in hosting the annual event.

According to Fosse, the city and Civic Center lost a total of $17,000 hosting the event in 2015. Fosse recommended they terminate the contract following this year’s event with the hope that Roughrider Association Inc. would continue to use the civic center, but use self-funding in doing so.

Mayor Katie Andersen suggested that the rodeo committee talk to Jamestown Tourism regarding more grant dollars to offset the short-fall.

The committee made a recommendation to serve notice of termination to the Rodeo Committee prior to October 1st. Council Member Dan Buchanan voted in opposition.