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Board debates field maintenance, turf replacement and fees for outside sports users
Summary
The Gateway School District board discussed a $11,009.37 turf repair for batter's boxes and pitching areas and debated charging outside users a share of repair costs; officials said a single outside organization accounted for a large share of outside games.
Board members and operations staff spent the longest portion of the meeting discussing maintenance and cost recovery for Gateway High School's turf fields.
The board approved a Shaw Turf proposal to replace the batter's boxes and pitching areas for $11,009.37. Facilities staff said the high cost reflects the need to order new turf material because existing inventory could not be located. John (operations) said the district's quoted cost initially started higher and was negotiated down.
Staff and board members discussed how heavy outside…
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