The municipality and the Drayton Kinsmen Club have reached a compromise on a requested rental rate reduction for the PMD arena complex for the Drayton Kinsmen Farm Show.
Chad Mackay of the Drayton Kinsmen attended the Feb. 9 council meeting to request council cap the fee at $2,600 for use of the facilities for the March 30 and 31 event. In 2015 the Kinsmen also requested, and council agreed to, a reduction of the fee to $2,600. CAO Brad McRoberts advised council the normal rental cost for the two days would total $4,975.
In a staff report at the March 8 meeting, McRoberts recommend the Kinsmen be offered a reduced rate of $3,350, a $1,625 reduction, subject to meeting certain conditions involving reduced hours of access for set up and ensuring Kinsmen provide site security after hours.
“The biggest challenges are ensuring that the hours of access are limited such that the township staff are not unreasonably expending excess time and ensuring that township staff are not providing security on behalf of the farm show,” the report states.
McRoberts noted consultations were held with the public works administrative assistant, arena manager, and Kinsmen Club and all were in agreement with the proposed rate and associated conditions.
Council approved the rate reduction and conditions as recommended in the report.
