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A POLICY TO ESTABLISH USER FEES FOR THE USE OF
MUNICIPAL PLAYING FIELDS
(Field Allocation Policy)
PREAMBLE:
During the past 20 years the former Municipal Councils and Community Organizations
have developed a large inventory of Playing Fields and Recreation facilities to
accommodate the recreational needs of their communities.
The operation and maintenance costs associated with bringing these facilities to a
uniform standard and maintaining them in safe playing condition is a costly endeavor.
It is clear that the current economic structure is forcing us to look at all service levels
within the municipality with the objective of seeking cost recovery wherever possible.
With this in mind we present the following User Pay Policy for Municipally
owned/maintained Playing Fields.
STATEMENT OF POLICY:
It is the policy of the Municipality to charge a fee for the use of municipally
owned/maintained playing fields.
The Recreation Department recognizes the following as the different categories of teams
and the associated fee structure:
o 1. Adult Teams (charge admission) $500.00 per season
o 2. Adult Recreation Teams (softball, fast ball) $100.00 per season
o 3. All others (including youths, etc) $ 25.00 per season
o 4. Non-League Teams (scrub) $ 10.00 per game
o 5. Teams have an option of paying $160.00 per season which would include the
cost of lights or paying $100.00 plus $20.00 an hour for the cost of lights each
time they use the field". (Amendment - Approved by Council- Aug. 18th/98).
Approved by CBRM Council on August 26th/97 - Amended August 18t\ 1998