{"id":24893,"date":"2022-09-09T18:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T22:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=24893"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T22:51:48","slug":"city-commissioners-tentatively-approves-new-fees-for-athletic-field-use-and-changing-library-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/09\/09\/city-commissioners-tentatively-approves-new-fees-for-athletic-field-use-and-changing-library-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"City Commissioners tentatively Approves New Fees For Athletic Field Use and Changing Library Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City Commission this week unanimously voted to drop the 10-cents-a-day late fees for library books. Also voted to begin charging youth athletic organizations a per child fee per season for sports participation on city fields, beginning in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1200x-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1200x-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1200x-1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1200x-1.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1200x-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will formally vote on the matters as part of their annual budget process later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been here 45 years, and we\u2019ve never had to do this before,\u201d Lakeland Parks and Recreation Director Bob Donahay said of the youth sports fee. \u201cThe cost of fertilizers, (agriculture and horticulture) chemicals and pesticides has gone crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to, Alicia James, president of Swan City Soccer Club, said she didn\u2019t think the new fee would have much of an impact on their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Bill Mutz said it was the right move, but also wanted to make sure children in need could continue to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donahay said they are going to make sure everyone can play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want more children on our fields, not less, so if there is a problem there, we\u2019re going to figure out how to solve it together,\u201d Donahay said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure that all children are on our athletic fields or inside our gymnasiums or inside our libraries and not to exclude anyone. But trust me, we\u2019ll go the extra mile in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facility rentals are increasing also.<\/p>\n\n\n        <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-b8b23454a0784ef7d1b575f990f46f11\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content aligncenter ep-percentage-width   ep-content-protection-disabled\" data-embed-type=\"PDF\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/proposed-2023-lakeland-parks-recreation-and-library-fees.pdf\">\n            <div class=\"embedpress-inner-iframe emebedpress-unit-percent ep-doc-b8b23454a0784ef7d1b575f990f46f11\" style=\"max-width:600%\" id=\"embedpress-pdf-1662763663390\">\n                <div >\n                    <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\"><div class=\"position-right-wraper gutenberg-pdf-wraper\"><iframe title=\"proposed-2023-lakeland-parks-recreation-and-library-fees\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-1662763663390\" style=\"width:600%;height:600px; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/embedpress\/assets\/pdf\/web\/viewer.html?&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Flakelandgazette.info%2Fnews%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F09%2Fproposed-2023-lakeland-parks-recreation-and-library-fees.pdf#key=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\" frameborder=\"0\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\"><\/iframe> <\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City Commission this week unanimously voted to drop the 10-cents-a-day late fees for library books. 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