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Olivette parks commission recommends higher athletic field rental fees; forwards proposal to city council
Summary
At its April 16 meeting at 5 Oaks on Morrison, the Olivette Parks and Recreation Commission voted to recommend raising athletic field and pavilion rental fees and to forward the proposal to the City Council for adoption or inclusion in the annual budget.
The Olivette Parks and Recreation Commission voted April 16 to recommend raising athletic field and pavilion rental fees and to forward the proposal to city council for adoption or for inclusion in the upcoming annual budget process.
The recommendation grew from staff presentations showing the city’s existing fees had not been updated for many years. Beverly, a parks staff member, told the commission the last published resident fee for field rentals was $3 per hour and $9 per hour for nonresidents, and that the department’s intent is to “recoup some of the costs associated with prepping the fields for their use that day,” not to recover full maintenance or renovation costs.
Commissioners discussed…
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