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Commission outlines process for setting recreation program fees, proposes budget committee review and public outreach
Summary
Staff briefed the Recreation and Parks Commission on a new, staff-driven process to group programs, assess true costs and bring fee recommendations to the commission and council; commissioners requested strong community outreach and monthly budget committee meetings.
City recreation staff presented a proposed process for establishing program fees and asked commissioners to review and refine the approach before recommendations go to City Council. The commission did not vote on fee levels at the meeting but agreed to further budget-committee work and public outreach.
Dennis (Recreation staff) said the new proposal is staff-driven initially: staff will calculate the true cost of programs (including staff time, facilities, equipment and supplies), group programs by priority (for example, senior programming or teen offerings), and place them in a cost-recovery "pyramid" that guides subsidy levels. "We have worksheets that show what…
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