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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission September 10, 2007 ice besides North Olmsted. Avon Lake doesn’t get enough, nor does Midview. Ms. Drenski will have no problem with the ice. She said that there are other programs that may cover the ice that has been lost. Mr. Dailey asked if, by losing the Hockey Club kids, could that be something that could have happened naturally because of the change in the ice rink. Mr. Garrity said that one thing was the uncertainty; two was forming the teams, and some of it was scare tactics. Mr. Dailey said that it was “iffy” and that from the standpoint that nothing was done for a number of years, so he understood where people’s uncertainty would come from. Inasmuch as we wanted to guarantee that the rink was going to be opened, the Rec Department couldn’t give that guarantee. Mr. Garrity said that, to eliminate “club jumping,” for example, signing up for the Winterhurst Warriors is a $500 deposit, non- refundable; those spots get eaten up if you want your child to play at that level. Sports have escalated to the point where they are out of control, compared to when Mr. Garrity was growing up. Mr. Dailey agreed. Ms. Nader said that the Cleveland Edges ice has doubled, probably because there is not another Ohio synchronized skating team around, except on the East Side. There are nationally run teams at the Rec Center that have gone to State games and have received silver medals twice. It’s a lot easier for a hockey player to find another team that a synchronized skater. Mr. Dailey asked how many kids Mr. Garrity is talking about losing when three teams leave; Mr. Garrity said it was 45. Mr. DiSalvo returned to the matter of revenues, noting that the Rec Department total was 77.70%. He said that the Commission members should not be alarmed by the Enrichment figure and Pool in Expenses, because the majority of those expenses are from the summer programs, primarily through wages and the summer help the Rec Department had. A large portion of the Enrichment figure is based on the fact that there were 23 counselors. From here on out, Jenny (Couts) is the only one working in Enrichment. As far as the Pool is concerned, that staff has been cut by at least 30. All the summer guards are back in school. These percentages, though they seem high right now, they will be in line. Mr. DiSalvo said the expenses are holding steady, and he hopes that there will be no need for line-item transfers. The Commissioner continued his report with the Recreation Programs Income Statement Comparison, and noted that there is a line item missing: after Ice Rink should be Tennis. Year-to-Date $703,000 compared to $680,000 in ’06 shows a pretty good job generating revenues. Mr. Baxter said that, if you look at being down less than $20,000, that’s not bad at all for being closed. Ms. Drenski said there were a few months that the Rink did well in ’07. th Mr. Dailey asked Ms. Drenski what was happening with the Rink on Friday, the 15 of September. Ms. Drenski replied that it would be the first Friday Night Skate, and Saturday there will be an opening weekend welcome party, with a DJ here. Jenny (Couts) and Ms. Drenski will have a bunch of “give-aways”; it will be general admission. Jeff Marshall will also be here. The 4,000 flyers were given to the North Olmsted and Olmsted Falls schools. Page 3