By Chris OrletRecord Managing EditorCity officials are considering a request by the recreation director to either dissolve or find another manager of the Warrenton Downtown Market.Warrenton Recreation Director Dottie Phillips said she has contacted several organizations about taking over the market, but so far none were interested.“My recommendation is we don’t do it anymore or let someone else do it,” Phillips said. “If another group is not interested in overseeing the market, it should be dissolved and the vendors encouraged to participate at the Warren County Market held in Wright City.”According to official documents, the market had 600 visitors over a 17-week period.Phillips said if another organization is unwilling to take over the market and the board of aldermen decides not to dissolve the market, she would request a new staff person dedicated solely to the program at a salary of $5,200.The board did not take any action on the request at its Nov. 5 meeting, but asked Phillips to continue to look for a group interested in running the market.“We have all winter to find someone to take it over,” said Mayor Jerry Dyer.Phillips said the market does not fit into the overall goals of the recreation department and takes a significant amount of staff time. She said she spends about six hours a week on market matters during the season.“It is basically one day out of the work week,” she said, adding that it makes more sense for the Warren County Health Department to operate the market, but it was not interested.Phillips said that while five-out-of-six vendors liked the off-downtown location, in particular the pavilion setting, getting traffic there was difficult.Alderman John Cornell called the location “horrible.”Dyer said it’s his impression that as the season went on more and more vendors were enthusiastic and concerned the city would close the market down.Alderman John Clark said he would like to see the city maintain operation of the market.“It’s just starting to grow,” he said. “Besides we spent a lot of money building that pavilion.”City Seeks Group to Take Over Downtown Market