The Drayton Kinsmen Club will be offered a 35 per cent rate reduction on PMD arena rental rates for the club’s annual farm show on an ongoing basis, council has decided.
On Feb. 13 council approved a staff recommendation that the club be offered a reduced rate of $3,350 plus HST.
The amount represents a 35% reduction of $1,625 from the regular rates for the 2018 event.
The resolution also directed that the 35% reduction be extended to the Kinsmen’s annual farm show event in future years.
A staff report from public works director Sam Mattina notes the club, celebrating its 50th anniversary of operation in Drayton, “has contributed countless hours of volunteer time and raised hundreds of thousands of donated dollars” for Mapleton parks, playgrounds, walking trails, baseball and soccer fields.
“Discounts achieved to undertake events such as the farm show, contribute to the donate-able funds raised by this organization,” Mattina notes in his report.
In order to facilitate the reduction, the township requires the club to adhere to access restrictions that correspond with the regular staffing hours of the facility.
“Any exceptions to the restrictions will result in cost overruns and will require additional charges in order to recover those cost overages,” the report notes.
The report also indicates the township will not provide security and the club is required to provide security services “when Kinsmen personnel are not on site, and/or the facility is not operating.”
Council approved the recommendation to offer the reduced rate for the farm show.
The 37th Annual Drayton Kinsmen Farm Show will take place on March 28 and 29. A report from CAO Manny Baron at the Feb. 13 meeting indicates the township is planning to secure a booth at the event and, as in previous years, partner with Trees from Mapleton in handing out tree seedlings “to promote tree planting and environmental stewardship throughout the township.”
Council accepted Baron’s report for information.
