At the last council meeting all the members of council present voted to turn over the operation of the tennis courts in Blairmore to the Blairmore Lions club.
Good News, because there is no question the Lions Club will do an excellent job of looking after the area, for anybody that does not know take a look at the park they presently operate (next to the swimming pool).
Bad News, this again is a reflection of the problems we have in the Crowsnest Pass of doing to many things poorly instead of doing some things well. (living within your means)
We have in the Crowsnest Pass at last count 23 parks, a park just like any other facility needs to be maintained and upgraded on a regular basis.
I do not advocate for one second that we should not have parks, but 23? how do we maintain and replace them?
I am told in to days world a park should be upgraded every five years, so on average we should be upgrading 4.5 parks per year. (Cost $30-80,000 per park).
Within the discussion about handing over the Tennis courts to the Lions club I asked the question of how many dollars would be saved the answer was none, because we did not plan on spending any dollars on the courts. In fact the Mayor was quoted in one of the local papers as saying that's the problem we have at the Tennis courts is because we have not spent any money on them.
I agree, the only problem is where would the money have come from? any suggestions? should we increase taxes more to pay for Tennis Courts?
Anyway once again I thank the Blairmore Lions for stepping forward, and thank them in advance for the great job they will do on the Tennis Courts and surrounding areas.
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