Cranbrook city council has adopted an over hall to their recreation and culture fees after concerns over rising fees.
Council tasked staff to review the city’s fee structure last year and come up with alternatives.
Staff are now recommending a benefits approach, which recreation and culture director Trevor Thors says is pretty new approach for communities.
“This is a different perspective or way of looking at setting fees and charges,” he said.
“It is difficult as not many communities have gone down this path at this point. We feel that we’ve gone down it in a way that doesn’t effect our user groups drastically.”
Some of the changes include a rounding of rates and all arenas will have one rate except for the Kinsmen Arena which will have a discounted rate.
Field use fees have moved from individual or team fees to hourly rentals and six month and annual memberships are all in one and will include swimming, squash, walking and drop-in hockey/public skating.
The new bylaw will be in effect for an initial two years from Sept. 1, 2025 to Aug. 31, 2027.
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