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Lakeland District committee revises facility-use procedures, debates denial language and fees
Summary
The Lakeland District policy committee continued Feb. 2 line-by-line edits to its community facilities use procedures, debating denial standards for controversial events, fee waivers and refunds for weather-related cancellations, and operational details such as insurance, keys and gym rules.
The Lakeland District policy committee on Feb. 2 continued revising its community facilities use procedures, focusing on when the district may deny rentals, how the district treats political meetings and what fees and refund rules should apply.
Committee members spent the meeting clarifying operational details in the proposed procedure, including a ban on animals during facility use with an exception for service animals, a requirement that applicants upload a certificate of insurance before scheduling, and the order of contacts for cancellations. "No animals may be brought into district facilities during facility use, except for required service animals," a committee member (S1) read aloud as the group agreed to keep the exception for service animals.
The committee debated language that would allow denial of facility use when an activity ‘‘may be construed to be solely for commercial purposes’’ or when events…
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