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Hopewell staff weigh sliding-scale memberships and a small rate increase for community center
Summary
City staff presented sliding-scale and modest-price-increase options for memberships at the Hopewell Community Center, noting youth memberships are free and that verifying income for a sliding scale would require added administrative capacity; council asked for financial analysis and will review a formal fee proposal in July.
Stacy Martinez, recreation staff, presented options for a sliding-scale membership program at the Hopewell Community Center and said the center currently charges residents $10 a month and nonresidents $25, with youth memberships free.
Martinez said current membership revenue is roughly $37,000 for the fiscal year as of June 5 (about $28,208 from residents and about $7,822 from nonresidents) and outlined three approaches: a modest resident rate increase (from $10 to $13), a…
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