Title
Lacrosse - Non-Resident Fees
History
On September 2, 2008, the Recreation Advisory Board met with all the associations and stakeholders who use our facilities indoor and outdoor to discuss field usage fees and gym rental fees. The Girls Eagles Lacrosse team was represented at this meeting; however the Boys Chiefs Lacrosse did not send a representative. Schedules, fees and field conditions were all discussed at this meeting. Each organization had the opportunity to give their thoughts on the issues and ask questions to staff members that were present. Shortly following the Recreation Advisory meeting, there was a request from the Girls Eagles organization for a follow-up meeting with their organization and the Chiefs organization to discuss the upcoming changes to fees.
On 9/15/08, the Village staff met with Tom Paulius (Girls Eagles Lacrosse) and Tom Haggerty (Boys Chiefs Lacrosse). At that meeting, Tom Paulius provided an in-depth background on the state of the sport and discussed the future of lacrosse in the District 230 schools. Tom Paulius’ girl’s lacrosse eagle’s team paid $750.00 for the non-resident players during the ‘08 season. Tom Haggerty, representing boys lacrosse, briefly discussed some of the challenges he is having with vandalism and maintenance of the fields. Both organizations were concerned about the non-residents paying a higher rate in 2009, but seemed to understand that the intent was to shift more of the overall field maintenance costs to non-residents rather than burdening Orland Park residents with additional costs. The subject of the 2008 billing for Boys Chiefs Lacrosse was not discussed at this meeting.
Following the Board meeting of October 6, 2008, Village staff contacted Mr. Haggerty to discuss the unpaid non-resident fees of Chiefs Lacrosse. Mr. Haggerty indicated that the prior arrangement from the Village was that the high school team was not charged for non-residents because they are required by District 23...
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