A decisive 4-1 majority of the Palm Coast City Council is opposed to selling the Palm Harbor Golf Club, but not to seeking to outsource its management next year if it doesn’t break even under city management. In essence, city staff at Palm Harbor faces an ultimatum.
The council’s history was not as clear-eyed.
The course was under the private management of Kemper Sports from its opening in 2009 until 2017. It was an unhappy history. It lost money every year, usually in sums even larger than it has since despite successive councils’ attempts to at least break even there: private companies charge management fees on top of operational costs. The city does not…