RECREATION FEES

SPORTS CARDS                                                           $50*

Replaces ID Cards, necessary to participate in Boro sponsored Sports.  This fee covers all sports.  A beach badge is also included.   There will a family limit of $150.

(Equiv. to the cost of 3 memberships)

  *    There is a non-resident fee of $60, only for those programs where non-residents, by permission of the Recreation Commission, are allowed to participate.  Non-resident card holders are not entitled to Beach Badges nor to participate in any other activity.

SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM      

$150 first child, additional children $130 each, family limit $410

            This is separate from the Sports Card. 

Beach Badge also included, for those children who have not obtained them through the sports card program.

BEACH BADGES

 Resident     $50

 Non-Resident  $100

Seniors Free (residents only)

Children under 5 no badge required

Daily passes:

 Residents:  $5 per day, plus $2 refundable deposit

Senior residents: (age 55 and older)  $1

Nonresidents:  $7 per day, plus $3 refundable deposit

  Family Limit $200 (Equiv. to 5 memberships and applies to families purchasing beach badges only)

            There will be yearly increases until the resident rate is $50 and the non-resident fee is $100.  (Over a 5-year period)

ADULT TEAM FEES                                       $350 per team

Rockaway Borough is Still A Bargain

Most other municipalities of our size charge fees for each sport, for example $75 for football $50 for softball etc.

  A neighboring town charges $120 for a family or $25 a person to swim on weekends only!  Towns in the area were charging per sport fees of $20 to $40 for Baseball or Softball, $20 to $35 for Basketball, $50 to $105 for football, and $15 to $50 for Soccer back in 1997. Another town charges $50 for each of two 4-week summer playground programs, with a limit of 125 kids per session.

  We have not increased the fees in several years, but facilities have been upgraded.  Heady Park has new playground equipment and the field will soon be refurbished.  Park Lakes has new play equipment on the beach, new rafts and swim team docks and a new storage building and the lake will be dredged this spring, with new sand dumped into the swimming area..  Centennial Park has new play equipment.  Smith field is in tiptop shape.  The fields at TJ are being upgraded.  A new field for Jr. Baseball was built and the installation of new fencing, bleachers and player benches has begun.  All fields are being seeded and fertilized.  Now an entire new facility is built on the DONATONI Track, just off West Main Street.

The Mayor and Council have provided us with budgets that allow us to run first class programs.  We want to insure the continued improvements in programs and facilities.