Brimbank council has updated its policy and guidelines to help ensure fair access to and use of community sporting facilities and reserves.
The Sports Facility Hire, Licences and Leases Agreement Policy will enable council to ensure the facilities it owns and manage are well maintained, provides fair access to community sporting facilities and reserves and meets the needs and support Brimbank’s sports clubs, schools and community.
To help achieve this the updated policy outlines club responsibilities, agreement type and tenure, and assessment categories of sports grounds and pavilion facilities.
Changes to the policy now include and meet the state government Fair Access Policy and Principles Roadmap, ensure fair access to and use of community sporting facilities and reserves, support a shared approach to the costs of managing and maintaining sporting facilities, ensure optimal use of sporting facilities to meet community needs, update lease and licence fees, calculations and discount criteria and improve application, assessment and approval processes.
Councillor Victoria Borg said the development of the draft strategy involved significant consultations with all affected sporting clubs.
“… As councillors we also had robust discussions with regards to the proposed fees to make them as fair as possible while at the same time keeping in mind the rising cost of maintaining these facilities,” she said.
Community consultation is now open and will close on Monday, April 22.
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