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Council approves modest Parks & Rec fee changes, adds low‑impact film permit rate
Summary
Council approved Resolution R2025-07-17 updating FY2026 Parks & Recreation fees (small increases to room and membership rates, a shift to a 70/30 instructor revenue split, updated turf field deposits and a new low-impact film permitting rate); staff will use a CivicPlus financial study to refine future fee policy.
The City of Tucker council approved updates to the FY2026 fee schedule for Parks & Recreation, including modest rate increases and administrative changes designed to improve cost recovery and program sustainability.
Parks & Recreation staff presented Resolution R2025-07-17 with several changes: a $5 increase for certain room rentals and gym/workout access, adjusted family pool pass pricing (corrected to $175), a change in the instructor compensation model from a flat fee to a revenue-share (staff described a 70/30 split with 70% to instructors and 30% retained by the city for administrative costs), updated turf-field rental deposit policy (50% of rental fee), and modest summer-camp registration increases. Staff also proposed adding a low-impact film permitting fee (defined as productions involving five or fewer people and six hours or less) while keeping the regular film permitting schedule intact.
Council questioned operational details about the instructor contracts, mandatory training for instructors who work with minors, and whether instructors had been consulted; Parks staff said roughly half of current instructors had been briefed and that onboarding, insurance, background checks and reporting-training requirements are being incorporated into contract templates. The Parks director said the city is contracted with CivicPlus for a financial sustainability study and that that analysis will inform future, more substantive fee decisions.
Council moved to approve the resolution with the caveat that regular film permitting rates remain unchanged; the motion passed (clerk counted six in favor). Staff said the CivicPlus work will produce a more data-driven fee structure to consider for subsequent budget cycles.
Next steps: Parks staff will implement the updated fee schedule, finalize instructor agreements and bring data from the CivicPlus study to guide future fee adjustments.
