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Mosinee board delays approval of rink contract after 34.7% fee increase
Summary
School board postponed a decision after the hockey-club-managed rink proposed raising the district fee from $16.07 to $22.50 per use; trustees asked for negotiation and staged increases before approving a one-year contract.
At a recent Mosinee School District Board of Education meeting, trustees discussed a proposed increase in the rink usage fee the district pays to a local hockey club and decided to postpone approval so district leadership can negotiate further.
Board members said the club notified them that the fee the district pays had risen from $16.07 (the fee in place since the 2016–17 school year) to $22.50, an increase the board described in discussion as about 34.7 percent. Rod (staff member) told the board the club cited rising facility maintenance costs, higher electricity rates and the purchase of a new Zamboni as reasons for the increase. Board members also noted the club had added additional games that increase rink use.
The proposed change prompted repeated questions from trustees about…
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