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Yakima staff reviews park and recreation fees as city considers budget committee review
Summary
Parks staff presented the department’s fee schedule (effective Jan. 1, 2024) and discussed tradeoffs between cost recovery and access, citing Franklin Pool operating costs, fee increases that reduced participation in one program, and new reservations for pickleball courts.
Parks and Recreation Department staff presented the commission with the department’s current fee structure Wednesday and outlined how fees interact with program access and the department’s budget.
Ken, a department staff member, told commissioners the department updated fees in the fall of 2023 and those rates took effect Jan. 1, 2024. He said the department faces a budget shortfall for fiscal years 2025–26 and has shared fee information with city council and will provide it to the new budget review committee.
Using Franklin Pool as an example, Ken said operating costs run about $200,000 annually while user fees brought in “about $100,000,” meaning the pool…
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