The District of Sparwood is going to overhaul its recreation fees and charges bylaw which will bring some price increases.
District staff said the gap between revenues and expenses has been increasing, but revenue from rec fees has not been following suit.
The details of the new bylaw have not been hammered out, but it could include an inflationary rate of 3.5 per cent from 2025-2030.
Mayor David Wilks said it’s important that they get ahead of things.
“It’s been a long time coming for the District of Sparwood. We’ve kind of been on cruise control probably since the rec centre was opened in the 1970s and the pool in the 1980s,” said Wilks.
“It goes to show that if you start going behind the eight ball it’s hard to catch up.”
A draft bylaw in development and should come back to council sometime between September and October.
Public consultation will then take place through November and the finalized bylaw will come back to council for readings and adoption in December.
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