Snoqualmie to discuss YMCA contract for management of community center
October 8, 2008
By Staff
NEW
The Snoqualmie City Council’s Finance and Administration Committee will discuss a Community Center management contract with the YMCA tonight at 6 p.m. at the Snoqualmie City Hall, 8020 Railroad Ave. SE.
The full City Council will vote on the contract Monday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m., according to Mayor Pro-Tem Jeff MacNichols.
MacNichols said Tuesday, at the second of two town hall meetings regarding the Community Center, that the council will vote on the contract in order to have a finalized agreement with the YMCA prior to the Nov. 4 general election, in which Snoqualmie voters will be asked to approve a $10 million Community Center bond.
“It is my understanding we will vote on the contract,” MacNichols told The Star at the conclusion of Tuesday’s meeting.
YMCA officials said Tuesday that the contract will be for 20 years, but offered no details of the pending document.
Marcia Isenberger, Eastside Regional Executive for the YMCA of Greater Seattle, said Tuesday that estimated proposed fees for the Community Center “did not include” the management contract with the city.
Isenberger said if voters approve the $10 million bond, the YMCA will waive “joining fees” for Snoqualmie residents. Such fees range from $25 to $125 depending on the membership plan.
Snoqualmie residents would still have to pay monthly dues to use the facility, as Isenberger said all users “must be members of the YMCA.”
While Isenberger did not disclose the actual monthly dues schedule that will be in place for the Community Center, she said they will be similar to those currently in place for the YMCA of Greater Seattle.
Those dues are as follows:
Youth — $25
Teen — $27
Adult — $55
Adult Couple — $85
Senior — $47
Single Adult Family — $68
Family — $93
In response to a question from an audience member, Isenberger acknowledged the YMCA offers no dues schedule for a Senior Couple.
Such cases, she said, typically involve one senior and one adult, therefore, the YMCA has not included such a category into its dues schedule.
Under the offered dues schedule, a married senior couple would presumably have the option of paying two “senior” fees of $47 each, or a total of $94, or as an “adult couple” with dues of $85.
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