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Salt Lake County Council voted 5-4 to close the 10th East Senior Center.

The decision followed a partisan debate over $3 million already spent on building renovations.

Closure aims to save $400,000 annually amid rising costs.

SALT LAKE CITY — A large senior center in Salt Lake City, which is undergoing renovation, is now set to permanently close after a heated, partisan debate over funding in the Salt Lake County Council.

The County Council, which has a slight Republican majority, voted 5-4 along party lines on Tuesday to recommend the closure of the 10th East Senior Center, at 237 S. 1000 East, in Salt Lake City, three years after it approved a $10 million reconstruction of the center. Reconstruction began in September, with approximately $3 million in funds already spe

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