The City of Pembroke has officially agreed to split the costs of its new ice resurfacing machine with two local groups.
During the March 17th Parks and Recreation Committee meeting, councillors voted to approve an agreement with the Pembroke Regional Terry O’Neill Silver Stick Committee to offset the costs of Pembroke’s new Olympia ice resurfacing machine.
The machine cost $70,000 in total when its purchase was accounted for in the 2025 budget. The Silver Stick Committee offered to pay $25,000 to the city to offset those costs.
According to a report to the Parks and Recreation Committee by Jordan Durocher, that $25,000 will be paid to the city over the course of the next three years, starting with a $10,000 payment some time in 2026.
The Silver Stick Committee organizes Pembroke’s annual Silver Stick Tournament, which brings an estimated two million dollars directly to the city each year and creates an economic spinoff between six and eight million dollars, according to Durocher’s report.
This isn’t the first time the committee has financially contributed to a new ice resurfacing machine. It provided funding to help offset the costs of another one purchased by the city in 2009.
(Written by Steve Berard)