Parks commission advances service‑category framework to guide city subsidy decisions
After a lengthy discussion, commissioners gave staff a general majority consensus to use a service-category model (common-good vs. individual-good) to inform a forthcoming financial sustainability/cost‑recovery policy; staff will return with policy language for council consideration.
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The Parks and Community Services Commission spent the bulk of its Oct. 14 meeting discussing a staff proposal to group department activities into "service categories" that will guide how the city applies taxpayer subsidies and cost recovery. Division manager Brad Morris framed the model as a tool to distinguish "common good" services — open access parks, trails and free community events — from more individualized, revenue-generating activities like facility rentals and private lessons.
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