Butler’s mayor said he has no concerns about the financial problems with Kelly Automotive Park affecting the future of the Centre City project.

Officials with the city redevelopment authority said Monday night that the proposed Marriott Springhill Suites hotel downtown could be in jeopardy if the authority goes bankrupt due to its debts associated with the stadium, including $45,000 in missed mortgage payments to Dollar Bank.

Executive director Art Cordwell said if the authority declares bankruptcy, he does not believe the state would hand over a $2 million grant previously designated to help construct the hotel.

However, Mayor Tom Donaldson said today he is not concerned about the ballpark’s financial woes jeopardizing the hotel project or the proposed 239 space parking garage.

“The redevelopment authority isn’t going to go bankrupt,” he said. “That’s not something that should have been said at the meeting. But it’s a free country, and Art can say what he wants.”

Cordwell on Monday expressed frustration with the City Parks, Recreation Grounds and Facilities Authority, which manages the ballpark. That authority last week said it would not be paying the redevelopment authority about $140,000 in previously listed debts, claiming the costs were associated with the construction of the ballpark and therefore the responsibility of the redevelopment authority.

Cordwell was also upset that the facilities authority used $40,000 gained in the sale of its share of the Butler BlueSox baseball team to pay off its other debts and not the late mortgage payments owed to the bank.