Bill throws a curveball at Mars Baseball Association
An $80,000 bill for ball field usage didn't slide past the Mars Baseball Association during Tuesday night's Mars Area School Board meeting.
Several people voiced their surprise at the amount, which the district billed to the community association last week.
Representing the association, Todd Wearing said the amount was shocking.
“When I got a bill last Friday for $80,000, I almost fell out of my chair,” Wearing said. “Never once have I been informed of that kind of bill.”
John Kennedy, school board president, said the association was approved in March to use district-owned Adams 1 and Adams 2 fields, located by the district administration building along Route 228.
Scott Heinauer, district athletic director, said the board put field fees in place two years ago that affected the association.
The fees were waived for the association the first year, according to Heinauer.
Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.
