Council reviews Fit City Center fees: child watch, corporate tiers and early membership offers detailed

City staff presented a range of proposed fees and membership options for the Fit City Center during the Oct. 7 Spanish Fork City Council meeting, explaining child-watch limits, competitive swim-meet charges, pavilion rental, and a new corporate discount structure.

Nick Porter, Fit City Center Manager, walked the council through the schedule and the center’s rationale for the rates. Porter said swim-meet labor and Colorado timing-system charges will be billed to meet hosts and that the proposed outdoor-pool pavilion rental is $600 for the listed guest capacity. He described the fees as competitive with nearby recreation centers.

Child-watch and membership details - Child-watch: drop-in rate $3 per child per hour; subscription options offered (example given: $40 monthly for two children, unlimited within program rules). Age range cited: 6 months to 8 years. Staff noted a two-hour limit per child per session to comply with licensing and to avoid operating as daycare; parents must be nearby. - Membership promotions: staff said memberships have been on sale since Sept. 15 and that purchases before the center opens (staff indicated late fall/December as the target) will lock in rates for five years and include two months free. Staff showed resident-rate examples for single, two-party and family tiers.

Corporate memberships Staff proposed two volume-based corporate tiers that give a discount when a minimum number of employees from the same organization buy memberships. The council discussed administrative details and agreed discounts should be applied to the membership product purchased (monthly or annual). Seth, city manager, and Porter said the program is modeled on similar offerings in nearby cities; staff recommended a 10 percent or 20 percent discount depending on the tier and suggested annual spot-checks to confirm participation counts and tier eligibility.

Other fees highlighted - Golf-cart punch pass and course cart fees: an increase of $1 per nine holes was presented for cart fees; driving-range large bucket increased from $12 to $14. - Recreation activities: small cost-of-service increases for youth sports, theater materials fees and tournament fees were included on the fee schedule.

Why it matters: the Fit City Center is preparing to open and staff need a finalized fee structure to sell memberships, manage reservations and bill event hosts. Staff said the fee changes were included in the FY26 budget revision adopted later in the meeting.

What council members asked and what staff said Council members pressed staff on administrative details for corporate discounts, whether discounts apply to monthly or annual purchases, and how the membership-check process would work. Porter and Seth said the city could be “agnostic” about whether the discount applies to monthly or annual purchases and recommended a straightforward implementation: a discount applied to whatever membership product an eligible employee buys.

Implementation and timeline Porter said monthly memberships will be on sale starting Oct. 15; staff will continue to finalize program details and administrative checks. The budget revision the council adopted later on Oct. 7 included the fee-schedule changes presented at this meeting.

Quotes “Anyone that purchases a membership will lock in their price for 5 years and get 2 months free,” Nick Porter said, describing the founding-membership promotion.

Clarifying details and policy limits Staff said the child-watch program limits individual child sessions to two hours (a morning and an evening slot each), citing state license constraints for non-daycare drop-in services.

Next steps Staff will finalize the corporate-membership administrative process, make memberships available on the announced sale dates, and manage customer communications about the founding promotion.