Committee advances ordinance to raise municipal golf fees to cover rising costs

Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to advance an ordinance affecting municipal golf fees after a presentation from Denver Parks & Recreation on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

The committee, chaired by Councilmember Daryl Watson, heard from Scott Redlich, Director of Golf for the City and County of Denver, and Jesus Aradya, Community Engagement Specialist with Parks and Recreation, who outlined revenue needs tied to rising operating costs and deferred maintenance for the city’s golf enterprise.

Redlich told the committee that the golf enterprise faces rising labor and materials costs, a $1,000,000 increase in cost allocations to shared city services, and roughly $78,000,000 in identified capital improvements and deferred maintenance. “All of the above, this graph right here includes all expenses, all operating expenses for the golf enterprise fund, so it'd be labor, materials, fertilizer, utilities, you name it, everything's in there,” Redlich…