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Recreation Commission approves fee changes and sends recommendations to city council
Summary
The Recreation Commission voted to forward a set of fee changes and new fees — covering disc golf tournaments, field lining, and fairgrounds marking — to City Council for final approval.
The Recreation Commission voted to send a package of fee changes and new fees to City Council for approval after a lengthy discussion about costs and staffing.
Wayne (parks staff) told the commission the recommendations include a new rental fee for organized disc golf tournaments, proposed increases to field layout and relining fees for football and soccer, and new charges for marking areas of the fairgrounds for events. "We just wanna have a fee," Wayne said about the disc golf proposal, which would charge $150 for a day plus a $100 refundable deposit when applicable.
The changes are intended to recover rising material and labor costs and to formalize practices the parks department has followed informally. Wayne said the department calculated current staff time and paint costs and proposed raising the football initial layout fee from $200 to $300 and the relining fee from $100 to $200. For soccer, he proposed raising the initial layout and lining from $100 to $200 and relining from $50 to $100.
The commission also recommended a new fee for marking ground locations across the fairgrounds. Wayne said the department proposed $100 per marked location with a $500 maximum fee to cover staff time required to mark irrigation, electric and other subsurface infrastructure for tents and vendor sites. "If you do need it, you have to check the box, and you're just know that it's gonna be a $100," Wayne said.
Commissioners said they do not intend these fees to be revenue generators but rather to avoid out‑of‑pocket staff time and to ensure events meet safety and insurance requirements. Gavin Wooley, Recreation Commissioner, noted that some events — such as the amphitheater concerts — will likely need marking as a routine part of permitting.
After discussion, a commissioner moved that the recommendations be forwarded to City Council. The motion was seconded and approved; the recorded response at the vote was "Aye." Individual roll‑call votes were not fully recorded in the meeting transcript.
The commission asked staff to bring the finalized fee language for the city clerk’s agenda so City Council can consider the ordinance or code updates at a future meeting.
