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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission February 5, 2007 for 15 minutes. It must mean that, during the day, the crew would have to spend more than half the day doing something at the rink. Mr. DiSalvo said that, salary-wise, 37.5 percent of all maintenance salaries are dedicated to rink operations. There are swings. During the summer, the crew is in the parks most of the time. DJ Skate Mr. DiSalvo wanted the Commission members to know that the DJ Skate was up $3,257 from the prior year. Ohio Parks and Recreation Association The Commissioner said that this week the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association is taking place in th downtown Cleveland at the Convention Center that starts Wednesday through Friday, February 7 through the 9, 2007. The Rec program supervisors are partaking in the programming and operation workshops. 2007 Recreation Budget Proposal Mr. DiSalvo reported that the final phase of the 2007 Parks and Recreation Department budget proposal is almost completed to submit to the Finance Department. In conjunction with that, an invitation has been made for Carrie Copfer, Finance Director, to meet with the Recreation Commission to review and/or discuss Rec Department finances hopefully by the next Commission meeting on March 5, 2007. The Recreation Commission must approve this Budget before it is submitted to Council. (Note: Subsequent to this meeting, there was a special meeting of the Rec Commission planned for the budget approval to take place on February 19, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in the Rec Center offices.) Carrie Copfer is invited to this meeting specifically because the Rec Department does not work like a regular enterprise where there is income, expenses and a surplus or loss. The two categories are completely separate. Expenses and income do not wash each other, and Ms. Copfer will attend to explain this matter to the Commission. Mr. Scarl asked if there was surplus, does the City take it? Mr. DiSalvo said he does not know where it goes. Mr. Scarl asked if it came back to the Rec Center. Mr. Dailey explained that typically monies get moved around; if there is money needed for street repairs, that’s where it will go. Mr. Lasko said that, if the Rec Center is falling apart, why wouldn’t the extra revenue be put back into it? Mr. DiSalvo said he did not know if it was really “revenue.” The Rec does not generate enough money to put into an emergency fund, and instead of improvement, the money goes toward repairs. It’s been like that since the Commissioner has been at the Rec Department. Mr. Scarl said the building is old. Mr. Dailey said that the Rec does not cover Page 4