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Committee weighs field‑use fees and league needs as town standardizes policies
Summary
The committee discussed evolving field‑use fee structures and a town request for Recreation to survey leagues about current fees and maintenance; members noted some leagues struggle to find practice space and that fee design affects maintenance incentives and resource allocation.
Members reviewed town efforts to standardize field use fees and the committee’s assigned task to survey local leagues about fees and maintenance responsibilities. A committee member reported an anecdote that one softball group is struggling to find practice space, highlighting demand for better coordinated scheduling and potential investment in practice fields.
The Chair and members agreed town staff and CPC involvement will be necessary for decisions that require capital work or interagency approvals (for example, PennDucket District sign‑offs for Bagnell fields); they emphasized balancing investments against rental income to ensure ongoing maintenance is sustainable.
