A facility rental policy could be updated as Carroll ISD officials look to update pricing and include newer facilities that are not in the current policy.
Trustees discussed updates to the policy, which applies to after-hours or other times the district is not using the facilities, during a work session June 1. The current rental policy was approved by trustees in 2013, and has received minor tweaks in 2017, per district documents.
“We’re trying to get within a new policy that is much more stringent where we can control it better and take some of the pressure off of the board, where you’re not facing questions,” said Lanny Moody, CISD’s director of facilities.
The details
Under the new policy, facilities such as the turf fields for baseball and softball and Dragon Stadium would be added, Moody said.
Moony said district officials have also tried to stay away from additional fees for add-ons, with an exception being the extra cost for having a batting cage with a baseball or softball field rental. The new policy also outlines the cost to use audio and video equipment with a rental, which is not itemized in the existing policy.
The proposed updates to the policy break costs into three groups, according to district documents. This is a change from the five groups outlined in the current policy. Rates vary based on the entity renting the facility, including Group 1 rates for CISD support organizations, Group 2 rates for nonprofits and churches, and Group 3 rates for colleges and for-profit organizations.
“What we don’t want is to price ourselves out of the market where people just stop renting from us because it’s too high,” Superintendent Jeremy Glenn said. “But, we also want to maximize those dollars.”
Moony said district officials have also tried to stay away from additional fees for add-ons, with an exception being the extra cost for having a batting cage with a baseball or softball field rental. The new policy also outlines the cost to use audio and video equipment with a rental, which is not itemized in the existing policy.
What's next
Trustees will consider approving the facility rental policy changes during the June 15 meeting.
