During its Sept. 3 meeting, the Cottonwood City Council bowed to unanimous public opposition and tabled a staff proposal to convert the Cottonwood Community Clubhouse in Old Town into a museum and welcome center to await the incoming City Council in November.
At the start of the meeting, Vice Mayor Debbie Wilden noted that when council had previously addressed the proposal in July, it had been deferred to a work session scheduled for the second week of September and made a motion to defer discussion of the topic until that work session. The motion failed 5-2, with only Wilden and Mayor Tim Elinski supporting it.
Acting City Manager and Utilities Director Tom Whitmer presented city staff’s plan for the clubhouse renovation, which would involve the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce moving into part of the space to operate a welcome center, as well as the installation of historical displays…