Municipal Councillors Adopt Regulation for Use of Sports Facilities

With full unanimous support and after several amendments, the municipal councillors in Pazardzhik approved new rules for the use of sports bases through a Regulation on the conditions and order. The director of the Education and Culture department, Dr. Vesela Todorova, presented the administration's project and noted that such a regulation has been lacking over the past seven years, which hinders the management of the sports facilities.

She noted that until now, unaided use has been for a short period of one year and annual re-signing complicates long-term planning for the clubs. According to the project, nonprofit clubs operating within the municipality will be able to obtain the right to unaided use for a period of up to five years, and by decision of the Municipal Council and after presenting investment programs – for ten years or more. This will allow clubs to plan longer-term, invest, and participate in projects.

A single schedule for the use of the sports facilities will ensure full exploitation of the objects. The regulation governs joint use by several clubs, clearly stating that clubs cannot lease their facilities to third parties. Control over compliance will be exercised through planned and extraordinary inspections by administration employees.

Municipal councillor Rumén Kozhuharov stressed the need to edit Article 9 so as not to enable the mayor to decide which clubs will receive unaided use and thus usurp functions of the Municipal Council. The proposal for amendment was submitted by councillor Lilyana Markhova-Prisadnikova and adds the sentence: “after a decision of the Pazardzhik Municipal Council.”

The sponsor of the regulation supported the idea of removing the requirement that the club must have operated for at least two years, which would allow newly established clubs to apply for use of the sports bases.

In Article 5, a paragraph was added according to which the user of an object must deposit: half the value for halls and the full amount for events at the Georgi Benkovski Stadium. The deposit is refunded when it is established that there are no damages to the facility.

The entire regulation was adopted with the votes of all 40 councillors present.

Source: Pa-media.net