At the April 2 Northampton Borough Council meeting, council continued its discussion regarding the pavilion fee issue discussed at a previous council meeting. The issue arose when the AARP requested a waiver for the use of one of the Northampton Borough park pavilions.
Typically in Northampton, when council receives a request from a nonprofit organization such as AARP to provide a waiver of the cost to rent a pavilion at one of the borough’s parks, council usually grants the waiver. At a recent council meeting, a question was raised by council about how much revenue the borough is losing by granting waivers for pavilion rentals during a year.
The concern was partially prompted by a tight borough budget, with growing costs straining the tax rate…