Keizer work session: management firm proposes 'local-first' scheduling, user agreement and a 3 p.m. rain-decision protocol

Jan 15, 2026

The city's contracted sports-facilities manager outlined a scheduling plan that gives Keizer-based youth teams priority, will use a use-license/user agreement (not tenancy), and will formalize a written protocol (including a proposed 3:00 p.m. rainout decision) to reduce confusion about cancellations and field reservations.

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Mike Higgins, the management company lead, told the Keizer City Council at a Jan. 12 work session that operators will codify field scheduling and communication processes to keep local youth organizations at the center of assignments. The company said it will create written booking protocols and a user agreement that the city’s legal team may review.

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