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Ice Arena Commission l\Enutes April 4~ 2006 Page 2 do \\.1.th the eqwplnent that the city purchased to get the concession stand up and luflrung and that an inventol1' \vas not taken at year end so all inventory \vas charged to 2005. Chair j\.Iartin questioned if insurance covered the replacement of the ..(\rena roof. wIs. Johnson indicated that it did \v-lth the exception of the $2,500 deductible and the replacelnent process \vent Vel)" \veil. (hIs. Johnson left at this titne) 6. Ice Sales Ice .;.\rena IvIanager Rich Czech revie\ved a chart that sho\vs ice usage by customer for the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 seasons. ~vfr. Czech eXplained that the increase in hours \vas due 1110Stly to tile additional summer hours that \vere sold. He noted that the decrease in tlle high school hours \vas a result of not selling hours to Becker/Big Lake last season. wIs. Czech indicated that there is some talk about the Rogers _Arena being built either tllls year or next year. He stated that last year 388 hours of ice tin1e \vas rented to the Rogers High School progrllil1s and their associations, \Vh1Ch \vill have to be sold once they have their o\vn .L\rena. rVlr. Czech explained that of tile 388 hours rented to Rogers, approxitnately 40 hours are right after school or holiday hours \Vh1Ch may be lost \vhen Rogers builds because groups \'vill be unable to utilize those hours. He said that he spoke \vith Paul Gustafson, Rogers High School.i\thletic Director and informed lllin that \ve need a commitlnent of hours for the 2006-2007 season by the end of I\pril. r,,1r. Czech stated that he has spoken \vith Becker/Big Lake and they \vould be interested in renting ice from Elk River again. Jon j\JcLaughlin, Elk River y' outh Hockey President indicated that he \vill try to \vark \vith Rich on renting SOlne of the hours but it \\Till be difficult to pickup the \veekend hours. 11s. Czech stated that the Break ..c\\vay Hockey League \vas expanded last spring to the :tvfonticello .i\.rena and he is hoping to expand the league into an ..t\ and B level and increase the participants in the league. 7. Ice Rates /Rogers ~'1.rena [vIr. Czech eXplained dlat last ___April dle ice rates \vere increased as follo\vs: Seasonal prune time ice: from $145 to $153 an hour Seasonal non-prime tUne ice: fro111 $115 to $125 an hour Off season prll1e tUne ice: froln $120 to $125 an hour Off season non-prime tUne ice: fro111 $75 to $95 an hour 1,'Ir. Czech indicated after revie\ving the ..(\rena's operation costs and hourly rates at otIler .L'1.renas in the area, his recolnlnendation is to keep the seasonal (September - tnid-j\Jarch) ice rates at their current rates and revie\v the non-seasonal (lnid-j\-1arch - ..L'1.ugust) rates at the ..('1.ugust Ice ..(\rena COlrurussion Ineeting.