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February 21, 2000 <br />Page Four <br /> <br /> <br />suggested $500,000 loan presented to Council in 2000 for the facility and other necessary <br />improvements such as lighting and chillers, with payments of approximately $27,000 a year over <br />20 years. Getting visible and aggressive by marketing (e.g. teen parties in the rink at $8.00 a <br />person and raising rates) would be the 2000 priority. Presently, showing that revenue would be <br />coming in the door is a popular cause for Council’s support. Many people now come only for a <br />scheduled event, yet there is a definite market for a fitness center at the Recreation Center and <br />bodes great potential at the end of 2000. <br /> <br />Special attention must be given to capital improvements. There’s $40,000 available for a <br />canopy roof from the Coke contract. Further sources of long-term revenue include money over <br />20 years for, e.g., capital improvements to attract more people to the tennis and basketball <br />courts and event lighting for swimming/skating activities. To sum, what the Recreation Center <br />needs are basic services in other communities, which services should be shown to Council, as <br />well as comparisons of previous years for our own Recreation Center. Council wants the <br />borrowing defined by this. The Commission may then lobby for levy money in the future by <br />showing accomplishments. <br /> <br />A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to present the proposed $500,000 <br />operating budget from General Revenue Fund borrowing for necessary capital improvements to <br />Council in March. Mr. Gardner and Mr. Limpert volunteered to be the subcommittee to discuss <br />the proposal. <br /> <br />A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the meeting date for the <br />Recreation Commission is changed to the third Monday every month. <br /> <br />Sub-Committee Report: <br /> <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Old Business: <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Ptacek is to send a debt-service requirement schedule to the Commission Members showing <br />note principal and interest. <br /> <br />There being no further business, a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to <br />adjourn the meeting at 10:15 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ _________________________ <br />Claire Hayes, Chairman Judith Ptacek, Secretary <br /> <br /> <br />