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White House to remove partial rec center memberships, add general admission and update parks code
Summary
Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Whitaker proposed eliminating partial memberships (102 of 2,800 memberships, about 3.5%), replacing daily fees with a general admission fee, and clarified rules on service animals, smoking near children and vendor permissions; the board approved the fee changes and advanced municipal-code amendments for first reading.
Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Whitaker told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that the city will eliminate partial memberships at the recreation center and replace daily fees with a single general admission charge, a change he said would simplify access control and reduce staff burdens.
Whitaker said the recreation center has about 2,800 memberships, of which 102 are partial memberships — roughly 3.5 percent — and proposed a phased approach to existing members (monthly partials prorated through April; annual partials allowed to expire). Under the new schedule he outlined, general admission would be $5…
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