No Fee Increases for Cosley Zoo
Park District board rejects $1 increase for non-Wheaton residents, approves $220,000 solar panel project.
There will be no cost increase for non-Wheaton residents to attend Cosley Zoo next year. The Wheaton Park District Board of Commissioners struck down a motion to raise the admission fee for non-Wheaton resident from $3 to $4. Commissioner Phil Luetkehans spoke against the proposed increase saying just a year ago the board voted to charge $3 for non-residents. Last year the zoo grossed $122,886 in entry fees. Wheaton residents’ taxes support the petting zoo, so residents of the city are able to enter the zoo without paying an admission. In a memo to the board, Susan Wahlgren, director of the zoo, said the admission increase would bring the zoo closer to achieving a balanced budget. In 2010 Wahlgren said 87,932 zoo attendees, or 75 percent …
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