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Councilman Bullock stated that he supported Councilman Rader's change and said it would <br /> be better if Council understood the trends in attendance of the pool and the rationale behind <br /> the rate changes. <br /> Vice President Anderson stated that Council has had very little time to work on this <br /> legislation due to the Recreation Department's timing. He expressed his support for <br /> increasing the working wages for pool employees and asked if those increases are baked into <br /> the increase in fees. Director Beno replied that there is not a dollar for dollar offset created by <br /> the fees and the focus was mainly on rounding up to avoid change. Vice President Anderson <br /> stated that he's not convinced that the proposed rate increases will not have a negative effect <br /> on pool attendance. He proposed leaving the fees as they are and rounding down on current <br /> fees that require change to be made. He added that the Recreation Department needs to come <br /> to Council sooner in the year to address rate increases and to discuss the long term vision for <br /> the pools and the investments that are made with them. <br /> Council President O'Leary made a point to mention that no motions have been made on the <br /> ordinance at that point in the discussion. He stated that the outdoor pool facilities are <br /> designed to meet needs from a past time and should call into question what kind of services <br /> the city should be providing to its citizens, noting that the body of Council does not have <br /> time for during this meeting. He also expressed a frustration with the quality of user <br /> experience at the pools. Vice President Anderson stated that a longer conversation on the <br /> strategic vision for the pools needs to be had at some point in the future. <br /> Vice President Anderson made a motion to keep the fees the same for the upcoming 2019 <br /> pool programming year and to adjust uneven rates (including the student, senior, and non- <br /> resident rates) down to whole dollar totals, which was seconded by Councilman Rader. <br /> Councilwoman George noted that while good points were made during the discussion; she <br /> preferred to maintain the current level of fees for the pool. <br /> Councilman Rader questioned whether the supplemented version of the legislation had the <br /> appropriate age designation groupings (such as the age ranges for student, senior, etc.) and <br /> Director Beno clarified that the updated age ranges were not in the legislation. Councilman <br /> Bullock added that section 2 of the ordinance explains the age ranges and he believed that the <br /> listing in that section would be adequate. He added that he would like to keep the online pay <br /> feature for residents in the ordinance. <br /> Council President O'Leary questioned whether the family pool pass fee amount was <br /> changing or not. Director Beno stated that a family could be charged based on the amount of <br /> people in it, where the proposed legislation states that the cost of a family pass is kept at <br /> $100 regardless of the amount of people in the family. <br /> Council President O'Leary stated that there is currently one motion before Council and asked <br /> Law Director Butler if it marries the two proposals. Law Director Butler gave an outline of <br /> the procedure. <br /> 4 <br />