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Council to review park fee increases after recreation fund shows large shortfall
Summary
Councilors asked for more detail before advancing a proposed 20% fee increase and a separate nonresident surcharge, citing recreation fund losses of about $180,000 on $363,000 in expenditures and concerns about concessions operating at a loss.
Pataskala City Council members asked administration staff for a fuller briefing on a proposed update to the city fee schedule after a parks report showed the recreation fund operating at a substantial deficit.
At a development committee meeting earlier and again at council, staff proposed about a 20% increase to park- and street-related fees and a higher nonresident surcharge (an additional 25% on individual-based items such as softball team fees). The parks board provided a unanimous motion of support to forward the…
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