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Schoo/ Fees ~lugust 19, 2002 Purchased Fuel The City's public works department buys fuel in bulk and has a fuel dispensing system that allows both Sherburne County and the School District to purchase fuel for its maintenance equipment at a reduced cost. Based on information from Phil Hals, the School District is able to purchase fuel for all of its maintenance vehicles at approximately fifteen cents per gallon less than it would if it purchased fuel at a local station. The City provides this service merely as a goodwill gesture of convenience to Sherburne County and the School District. Facility Use Fees Based on information from Michele Bergh, the School District has not paid for use of any of the City's parks, athletic fields or other recreational facilities. Based on City policy, the approved fees have been requested from the School District whenever a reservation request was made; however, the School District has not paid the requested fees. The City does have a formal agreement with the high school ski team whereby the ski team uses Woodland Trails Park for daily practice and holds five school races at the park. The City provides the grooming equipment and staff to groom the trails. The ski team has entered into a formal agreement allowing the ski team to contribute fifty hours of in-kind service in lieu of paying $500 for use of the park for a full ski season. The ski team has consistently chosen to provide in-kind services and, in fact, has provided far more than the fifty hours of required in-kind service. Park Commissioner Dave Anderson said this is the only in-kind agreement that currently exists. The cross-country ski team also uses Woodland Trails Park as a training facility and holds one annual race in September. The cross-country team has not paid for use of Woodland Trails Park. Finally, I've attached copies of some invoices for services that have been charged to the School District so that you can see what the actual invoices look like. Also, some of the fees charged to the school district are based on the fee schedule approved by the City Council each year. If you would like a copy of the fee schedule, please contact me. Hopefully this information will provide the detail you need for a discussion on fees charged to the School District. If in your discussions with school officials there are any questions about any of the fees charged to them, please have them provide their documentation to me so we can review the charges. Of course, please feel free to contact me if you need additional information or have questions.