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Council adopts ordinance creating fees, $200 deposit for exclusive use of village facilities
Summary
The Orange Village Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-8 authorizing fees and a $200 deposit for exclusive use of certain municipal facilities; council clarified fees apply only to private events, only residents may reserve exclusive use, and nonprofits must still pay when a resident makes the reservation.
The Orange Village Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-8, which authorizes charging fees and collecting a deposit for exclusive use of certain municipal facilities.
Council moved to suspend the rules for immediate consideration and adopted the ordinance after a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded yes votes from Oster, Vincent, Curland, Boyle and Perry; the measure passed.
Council members clarified that the fees would apply to private event use only and would not be charged for Orange Village committee meetings or village-hosted events. One councilmember said, “These costs would be instituted for private event usage only, not Orange Village committee meetings or groups that are hosted by Orange Village, such as community garden, homeowners meetings, etcetera.”
Under the ordinance and related administrative steps discussed at the meeting, only village residents may reserve exclusive-use time for pavilions or facilities; a resident must make the reservation even if a nonprofit is the primary beneficiary, and nonprofits do not receive a reservation exemption. The ordinance also creates a $200 deposit intended to secure cleaning and maintenance costs if additional work is required after an event.
Finance staff explained the village’s constraints for handling deposits: deposits must be entered into village accounts and subsequent reimbursements processed through the finance office rather than returning the identical check. “We have to make that deposit into our books and then cut the check,” Treasurer Dana Cavender said, explaining the administrative process for refunds.
Councilmembers flagged a minor drafting correction in subsection c, replacing the term “Pike” with “Cluder” so pavilion names are consistent across the ordinance’s text. The item will be reflected in the codified ordinance language.
The ordinance will take effect as provided in the village’s codification process; council did not identify any immediate budgetary impacts beyond administrative processing of deposits.
