Kindersley's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League club has approached town council for suggestions in dealing with the organization's financial situation.

Administration presented results from a survey to council at their bi-weekly meeting detailing the team's financials. The survey had been completed by every club in the SJHL to compare expenses, revenue, and more around the league.

Based on the survey, the Klippers pay the highest amount for facility costs around the league which add to the club's current financial troubles. Right now, they pay approximately $20,000 per year for ice time for the use of team practices. Most clubs in the league are given free ice time for practices from their respective town/city councils besides the Estevan Bruins and Notre Dame Hounds. The Bruins have a special agreement in place with their city administration, and the Hounds are affiliated with Athol Murray College, a private school in Wilcox.

The Klippers Board met with Mayor Rod Perkins to discuss the team's numbers and inquired if council would have any ideas of relieving the pressure with the team's expenses - particularly with the West Central Events Centre's ice time.

At council's meeting on Monday evening, everyone discussed how the town could help ease the financial pressure felt by the town's junior team. A resolution was drawn up by administration to waive non-prime time ice rental for the rest of the 2016-2017 regular season and increase the charge for regular season home games at $900 per game.

The suggestion of ice time for practices being waived for the remainder of the regular season became the lead solution for council. Prime time hours is ice time before 4:00 P.M., which works for both the town and Klippers since the club usually practice before prime time and it will not interfere with other scheduled actvities.

Council made the decision to increase the ice time charge for games to $900 after offering non-prime time ice time to the club. Initially, the Klippers were being charged $115 per hour for the team's games.

The team is also suffering from lower attendance rates than usual. According to members of council and administration, the games attracted approximately 400-500 spectators each game. Impressive attendance numbers would hover around the 600-700 range which some teams in the league receive for home games.

Now, Klippers home games bring an average of 200-250 fans. The organization will be looking to bring those numbers up by creating a strategy as January will feature a number of home games at the West Central Events Centre.