Rate reduction denied for Wild Game Dinner

By Megan Wehring

DRIPPING SPRINGS — To maintain fairness among nonprofits, Dripping Springs City Council unanimously denied a rate reduction request on Tuesday, Jan. 17 for the Dripping Springs Wild Game Dinner.

Dripping Springs United Methodist Church is hosting its 33rd Annual Wild Game Dinner at Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 18.

Proceeds directly benefit charities in the surrounding area including but not limited to Burke Center for Youth, Boy Scouts, Helping Hands and Dripping Springs Christian Academy.

“It’s an all-volunteer organization [and] all of the money goes back to this community for missions here or missions from here to places where we think the money would do the best work,” said Matt Rogers, unanimously approved in order to advise the council on aspects of collecting and spending the funds received from the tax if it were passed.

“All that has been done is the formation of a Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee to evaluate whether the city of Woodcreek should or should not look into raising the hotel occupancy tax,” said city manager Kevin Rule. “If they do decide that yes,