Allen Park Hockey Association

15024 Englewood Allen Park, MI 48101

All coaches and Managers,

 

The Ice bills for the fall 2006 season will be handled slightly differently than last year.  Starting in September, the ice bills will be distributed on the 15th of each month for the current month.

The bills will contain the list of ice hours and the amount to be paid for that month of the season.  Please carefully, check that the ice bills match your schedule.  The ice bills are to be mailed to the address on the envelope.  The ice bills are due on the 1st of each month for the previous months ice and a late fee of $25 will be applied to any bill that is not received by the 1st of the month.  If the ice bill is not received by the 15th of the month, the rink will be notified to refuse to allow the team to skate.  So as an example, the bill for September will be handed out Sept 15th and is due on October 1st.

 

Each team is responsible for all of the hours assigned to them.  If you cannot use an hour of ice that is assigned to your team, then it is up to you to sell or trade that hour of ice time.  If you sell or trade ice times you must collect the money from the team that you are trading with or selling to.  You may not sell or trade an hour of ice with a non association team without APHA board approval.  If you need to sell or trade an hour of ice time, you may send an e-mail to webmaster@allenparkhockey.com.  Your ice time trade or sale request will be posted on the web site and an  e-mail will be sent to all coaches and managers.  Coaches and managers please try and be accommodating to another team that needs to get rid of some ice time.  You may need the favor in return some day.

 

The APHA contracts ice time from the city of Allen Park and the city of Melvindale.  We have to agree to buy the ice time in large blocks of time.  Every month, we get a bill for the ice time and we have to pay it on time.  We have to pay the city of Melvindale by the 5th of the month for the previous months ice.  We owe the money to the cities even if we do not use the ice.  The APHA does not have extra money sitting around to cover the ice bills until the teams decide to pay the monthly bills.  Therefore, it is important to get the ice bills collected and sent in on time.

 

Each team is responsible for the entire amount of the ice bill.  It is the teams responsibility to collect the necessary money from each team member before the ice bill is due.  If some team members do not pay on time then the rest of the team has to kick in the rest of the amount.  Do not send in your ice bill short due to lack of payment from a team member.  Each team has the right to remove a member from the team for non-payment, as long as the records are clear.  Each parent signed a form agreeing to the financial responsibilities of joining a team in the APHA.  It is advisable that you keep a copy of the tryout/draft form for the entire season in the unlikely event of a problem that cannot be resolved without legal action.  If you have a problem collecting monies from a team member, contact an APHA board member before the situation gets out of hand.

 

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

 

Dwayne Newsome

APHA Treasurer