VANDALIA – During Monday night’s city council meeting, the city of Vandalia agreed to share costs with the Vandalia-Butler school district to refurbish and maintain the tennis courts around the city, including the high school and Helke Park.
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Vandalia-Butler has been hosting its tennis practices and matches at a neutral, away location due to the poor condition of the tennis courts.
As a result of the agreement between the school district and the city, the tennis team will likely return to the Vandalia courts next year.
In addition, there is discussion of installing Pickleball courts at various locations.
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Costs for refurbishing the courts and potentially adding the Pickleball courts will be between $30,000 and $40,000.
CASEY LAUGHTER
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