2020-1808 FILE RESOLUTION No. 2020-1808
A resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a management agreement with
Kemper Sports Management, Inc. for the management, operation, and maintenance of
Riverside and Blackhawk Golf Courses
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville is the owner of Riverside Golf Course located at 2100
Golf Course Road and Blackhawk Golf Courses located at 2100 Palmer Drive in the City of
Janesville, County of Rock, State of Wisconsin, collectively the "Courses"; and
WHEREAS, Kemper Sports Management, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Kemper"), is in
the business of golf course management with a portfolio of 130 facilities; and
WHEREAS, Kemper desires to manage, operate, and maintain the Courses as an
independent contractor according to the terms and provisions of a certain negotiated and
proposed Management Agreement ("Agreement") which is incorporated herein by reference as
if fully set forth verbatim; and
WHEREAS, Kemper and the City Administration have negotiated a proposed five (5)
year Agreement for such purposes for the term commencing January 1, 2021, and ending
December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council hereby find that this Agreement is in the best interest
of the City of Janesville, the community, and surrounding area to execute and authorize the City
Administration to enter into the proposed Management Agreement; and
WHEREAS, such management agreement, terms, and conditions are permitted by law
and the Common Council are empowered to enter into such management agreement, pursuant
to Wis. Stats. Sec. 62.11(5), 62.22, 62.23(17), and 66.0101 and other pertinent provisions in
the Wisconsin Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Janesville
that they hereby authorize and approve the Management Agreement by and between the City of
Janesville and Kemper Sports Management upon the terms, conditions, obligations, and
provisions set forth above as proposed by the City Administration; and further authorize the City
Manager and his designee(s), on behalf of the City of Janesville, to execute and enter into the
Management Agreement with Kemper Sports Management; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Common Council that the City Manager and his
designees are hereby authorized to negotiate, renew, amend, and execute such documents,
papers, agreements, and forms, and to take whatever other actions, that the City Manager may,
from time to time, find necessary, desirable, and/or beneficial to effectuate the Agreement
and/or the intent of this Resolution.
ADOPTED: September 30, 2020 Motion by: Consent
Second by: Consent
APPROVED: Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Benson X
if Conley X
Mark . reitag, City Manager Farrell X
Johnson X
ATTES Marklein X
Williams X
Wolfe X
vi T. Godek, City ClerV-Treasurer
APPROVED ASV TO FORM:
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Parks Division
Prepared by: Parks Division