Board raises athletic ticket prices by $1, keeps $25 family cap
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The Carter County Board approved a $1 increase at each ticket level for athletic events while maintaining a $25 maximum per immediate family, citing the need to sustain programs and cover officials and security costs; the change passed on a roll call vote.
The Carter County Board of Education approved a change to the district's athletic admission schedule that raises ticket prices by $1 at each price level while keeping a $25 cap per immediate family.
Dr. Brandon Hart told the board the proposal was not intended to "make more money" but to "be able to sustain the programs that we have," citing rising costs for officials and security. He said the proposed scale would still leave the district among the least expensive in the area while providing some financial relief for high-school programs that lose revenue at individual events.
A motion to change prices by $1 was moved (motion text recorded as a motion for Keith Bowers) and seconded by Carrie Oggs. The board conducted a roll call and recorded affirmative votes from members present; the roll-call sequence in the transcript lists the voting members as Keith Babbitt, Tony Garvin, Dylan Hill, Gary Ellis, Jeremiah Todd and Danny Ward. The chair announced the motion had passed.
The transcript does not specify exact dollar amounts for each level beyond the $1 increase or the annual revenue expected from the change; staff said senior-citizen admission had been $3 historically and would be $4 under the new scale but that some neighboring systems may not honor discounted rates. Implementation details and communications to the public were not specified in the record.