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Board debates $11,009 turf repairs and possible fees for outside field users after heavy use
Summary
Board members and staff discussed a $11,009.37 proposal to replace batter's-box and pitching-area turf and considered charging outside users a share of repair costs after heavy use by outside organizations such as AC Baseball.
The Gateway School District board discussed a proposal from Shalt Turf to replace batter's-box and pitching-area turf at the high school for $11,009.37 and debated options to limit taxpayer exposure to repair costs after heavy outside use.
John (staff) told the board the cost was driven in part by the need to order new turf: “The reason for the high cost of this bill right now is because of the, we have to actually buy turf. They said that they left turf here. We're not able to find it anywhere.” He added the amount covers baseball and softball areas.
Board members and staff discussed that outside groups — identified in the meeting as AC Baseball and others — accounted for a large…
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