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Park board approves 2025 facility rental fee adjustments and formalizes Dakota Riptide pool agreement
Summary
The Mitchell Park and Recreation Board approved a package of 2025 facility rental and season-pass fee adjustments and ratified a written pool-use agreement with Dakota Riptide that sets four lanes at $40 per hour (total). Board approved fees by voice vote; staff presented item and answered clarification questions.
The Mitchell Park and Recreation Board voted to approve proposed 2025 changes to facility rental and season-pass rates and to formalize a written pool-use agreement with the Dakota Riptide swim team.
Parks staff member Jeremy reviewed a set of proposed 2025 fee adjustments intended to update rates that had been last changed over several years. Staff identified an arena hourly rate increase of $2 for 2025 and a series of one-dollar increases on specific field and lighting fees. Examples presented by staff included a change in diamond (baseball/softball) daily dues from $37 to $38, soccer- and softball-field lighting rates from $23 to $24 per hour, and baseball field lighting from $38 to $39 per hour. Staff also described updates to concession-stand lease amounts and to certain season-pass categories; staff presented a proposed concession lease amount for the ice arena area that staff described as $400 for the season (staff presentation included a previous amount that was unclear on the record).
The board discussed whether to charge per lane or per-lane-block for swim-team rentals. The board ratified a written agreement with Dakota Riptide establishing use of four lanes at $40 per hour total ("That $40 includes 4 lanes. It's not $40 per lane, per hour," a board member asked; Kevin, park staff, confirmed, "That is correct."). Staff said the team increased participation late in the prior season and began using four lanes in September; the agreement formalizes that arrangement for 2025. Staff also noted scheduled swim meets and that the meet rental fee arrangement varies by event length (staff described a three-day meet fee structure; details for two-day meets were discussed as possible future clarifications).
Board members moved to approve the rental-fee schedule and the Dakota Riptide agreement; both actions carried by voice vote with "Aye" from members present and were recorded as "motion carried." The motions had no recorded roll-call of named votes in the meeting transcript.
Staff said the fee changes are intended to keep rates aligned with recent costs and to make rates easier to administer; staff will publish the updated rate sheet and implement the changes for 2025. Board members indicated they may revisit tournament and multi-day event fee language if additional swim-meet scheduling changes occur.
