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Trustees debate summer camp fee increases; ask staff to rework numbers to cover 95% of last year’s costs
Summary
Trustees discussed proposals to raise day-camp and travel-camp fees after sharp increases in bus and program costs, directed staff to model fees that would cover ~95% of last year's costs, and asked for a review of the second-child discount and program structure.
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees spent the bulk of its Feb. 11 meeting discussing proposed 2025 changes to day-camp and travel-camp fees and program structure, focusing on sharply higher bus and activity costs and how much of those costs the village should recover from users.
A summer-camp subcommittee — including trustees and Parks & Rec representatives — produced recommendations to increase day-camp rates by about 5% and travel-camp rates by about 10%, plus a standardized 10% discount for additional children. Staff produced an alternate, more-structured proposal intended to recover a larger share of costs; one trustee provided a…
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