fair market value, or not

The residents and taxpayers are paying OVER 300k per year to keep the pool open year-round. Yet somehow, the City Manager sees fit to give a 100-strong private swim team HUGE discount to use our pool, in direct disregard of the stated Councils standard fees, and amounts to PENNIES on the dollar of the actual worth. The HUGE discounts come right out of the taxpayers pocket into the private swim team’s pocket! $1100 a month, at least, for YEARS! There are NO CONTRACTS, contrary to the City Managers initial opinion, NO use agreements, just a secret handshake deal that nobody knows about. Why has the Mayor and Council allowed this to go on for YEARS? As for charges at other pools, it is by lane for teams. At MDC there are two or three club teams practicing at the same time. They charge $8 per 25 yd. lane per hour. Miami Dade charges $7 per lane per hour for short course or $9 per hour for 50 meters. Hialeah charges $45 per month per swimmer. It will be interesting to see what this supposed contract will propose as fair market value for practices and meets. Perhaps even more interesting will be the discussion and the voting.