Parks board to weigh youth subsidy fees that treat individuals fairly

If you are raising a kid here without a traditional “family” setup, a youth fee schedule can hit you harder fast. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is set to discuss whether the youth subsidy fee structure should be reworded and aligned so “the individual versus the nontraditional family is not equitable,” with a goal of keeping lower rates fair across household types, according to the board’s May 19 minutes Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes.

In that meeting, members talked about changing language from “family” to “household” while still keeping the child at a lower rate, and they flagged a “25% cap” they need to stay within. The board’s direction was to “Move to forward with fee structure as proposed,” but June 9 is the moment to watch for whether the wording and rate categories get tightened up before it moves further along.