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A public flap over the poor finances of some municipal golf courses has prompted city councillors to urge bureaucrats to come up with ways to ensure the properties are breaking even.

Council’s community and protective services committee voted to have city administration return in November with solutions to ensure municipal golf courses are able to balance revenue and operating expenses.

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The decision comes after a recent Canadian Taxpayers Federation report showed six municipal golf courses had lost a combined $2 million between 2015 and 2017, reigniting calls for the city to sell off or lease the properties.

But committee members heard Wednesday that Alberta’s labour laws could make it unlikely that there would be any third-party interest in the golf courses.

Community services general manager Kurt Hanson said the concept of ‘successor rights,’ as it is enshrined in Alberta’s labour code, could complicate matters for anyone interested in taking over operations of the golf courses.