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East Grand Forks proposes small increases to recreation fees and higher pool rental rates; PTO swim-pass program continued
Summary
City staff recommended a 3% annual increase to 2026 summer recreation activity fees (rounded to $5), higher pool rental rates ($175→$200 per hour, additional hour $75→$100), and continuation of a PTO program giving K–8 students one free pool pass (260 redeemed last year).
At the Feb. 24 work session Jeremy King presented recommended changes to the 2026 recreation fee schedule and programs.
King said the city has applied a routine 3% annual increase to summer activity fees for baseball, softball, tennis and playground programs to keep pace with inflation and staff/facility costs; the increases are rounded to the nearest $5 to simplify pricing. King said daily pool admission remains unchanged but suggested raising pool rental fees from $175 to $200 an hour and increasing the additional-hour rate from $75 to $100.
King also presented a proposal to repeat a partnership with the East Grand Forks PTO to distribute one free daily pool pass to every K–8 student in the three local school districts at the end of the school year. "Of all those passes handed out, we redeemed 260 of them," King said, calling the pilot a success that drew more children to the pool.
King recommended that the council approve the fee schedule as presented and continue the PTO free-pass distribution program. The work session record shows this as a staff recommendation; no formal council vote on the fees or the PTO program was recorded in the transcript.
