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CBRM- RECREATION DEPARTMENT
BALLFIELD POLICY
FEES CHARGED FOR LIGHTED BALLFIELDS
The hourly rate for a lighted ballfield shall be $20.00 (RST included). The fee
must be paid by the FRIDAY preceding the weekend that the field will be used.
F or use of lights at fields through the week, the fee must be paid by noon on the
day the field is to be used.
A league can submit a $60.00 (RST included) fee for each team to cover its lights
for a designated night per season. The fee must be paid before season start.
Example: a league having 10 teams must collect $60.00 from each team for a sum
of $600.00 payable prior to season start. Otherwise, teams must adhere to the
$20.00 hourly rate mentioned above.
FEES CHARGED TEAMS FOR SUMMER USE
The Regular Season Fee per adult team shall continue to be $115.00 (RST
included). Eliminated is the $500.00 fee which was in place for adult major
teams.
FEES CHARGED FOR TOURNAMENTS
A fee of $25.00 (RS T included) per field, per weekend shall be charged to leagues
booking facilities for tournaments. This fee must be paid to the Recreation
Department by noon of the Wednesday immediately preceding the weekend of the
tournament.
When the entire profit proceeds of a tournament is in aid of funding for a
registered non-vrofit societv the field fee shall be waived if the tournament
organizer meets the following criteria:
1) A signed letter from the registered charity recognizing and approving that
the tournament is a fundraiser for said charity is to be submitted to the
CBRM Recreation Department.
2) Following the tournament a photocopy of the money order issued to the
registered charity is also to be submitted to the CBRM Recreation
Department.
3) A final tournament budget outlining expenses and profit is also to be
submitted to the CBRM Recreation Department.
Failure to meet criteria will result in the organizer being charged regular field
fees as per policy guidelines for use of municipal fields.
Note: This exemption applies to field fees only and does not refer to the use of
lights. Lights are additional and will be charged according to policy guidelines.
DAILY USE OF FIELDS
Groups are permitted to use a ballfield at no cost and with no need to pre-book a
field if they simply go to a field that is open and play on it.
F or a group that wants to have assurance that they can use a field for a certain date
and for a two-hour block on that date, the group shall be assessed a fee of $11.50
(RST included).
REVISED POLICY approved by CBRM Council: June 21, 2005