The City of Tucson Parks and Recreation rates and fees could increase as soon as July, affecting sports, aquatics, KIDCO camps, and leisure classes.
Lara Hamwey, the Parks and Recreation director, says the purpose is to align the cost residents pay with what the city pays to provide the service.
“So basically in the last year we’ve been looking at what fees we’ve been charging. Is there any opportunity to charge fees that we aren’t charging? But also now that the city is really looking at how they are situated financially, how we can do a better job of cost recovery. Not necessarily looking at 100% cost recovery on everything that we do but how can we close the gap a little better?” Hamwey said…