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Meridian staff proposes phased fee increases for HomeCourt to boost cost recovery; council signals support for larger immediate increase
Summary
Parks staff proposed a two‑phase fee increase for the HomeCourt recreation facility to raise cost recovery; the proposal would raise day-pass and membership rates and increase court rental and event fees. Councilmembers signaled support for moving fees to public hearing and several urged adopting the larger, second-phase increase immediately.
Parks and recreation staff proposed a two-stage fee increase for the HomeCourt recreation facility to boost cost recovery, presenting usage and revenue figures and asking council for feedback before a required public hearing.
Project manager Garrett told council HomeCourt had nearly 49,000 day-pass check-ins in the last full year of record (fiscal 2024) and roughly 3,400 active memberships. He said the city adopted the facility’s existing fee structure when it acquired the facility from the YMCA and that the current cost-recovery ratio has dropped from about 49% (FY23 actuals) to a projected 38% for FY25.
Staff proposed a phased approach: phase 1 would increase day passes from the current tiered levels…
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