During their regular monthly meeting Tuesday morning, committee members revisited what had been a 250 percent increase in the cost to rent the field.

That increase drew a number of complaints from tournament promoters, players and business people who did not want the village to price tournaments out of Doubleday Field.

Chairman Jeff Katz said he heard a lot in the last month, but he didn’t think people said don’t raise the fees, but just don’t raise them so much.

Committee member Paul Kuhn said he thought the logic of separating tournaments and regular games was correct.

``We want the tournaments to continue, but I still think they have to pay more,’’ Kuhn said.

Earlier, the committee had talked of differentiating between for-profit and not-for-profit rentals of the field, but members opted instead for drawing a distinction between single game rentals and multiple consecutive game rentals.

It would be hard to police the profit status of a renter, Kuhn said, so the committee devised the new method.

Being able to rent the field for consecutive games is a privilege that should be reflected in the rental fee, said Trustee Eric Hage.

But Thom Lach, of the Legends of Baseball, which has been playing tournament games on Doubleday Field for a number of years, argued that the village incurs fewer administrative costs when renting the field to him.

Lach also said he brings a great deal of business into the village with players who rent lodging, buy meals and patronize local businesses.

``It’s not that your organization is not valuable, it is, but it is not unique,’’ Katz said.

Committee members debated which rates to raise and how much, finally settling on an increase from the current $400 to $500 for a single game and from $400 to $600 for each game for consecutive multiple games rentals.

It was also decided not to raise the rental fee for games after Labor Day when demand for the field drops off.

After the meeting, Lach said he was happier with the new rental fees, but the village is not giving anything in return. Lach said he still has a problem with a cancellation clause in the contract which allows the village to cancel a rental with a 30-day notice. That, he said, could be a deal breaker for him because his participants will already have travel and lodging reservations in place and may not be able to get refunds.

The committee did not discuss the cancellation policy Tuesday, but plan to address it during the November meeting.