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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks & Recreation Commission October 3, 2005 Pool Revenue Mr. DiSalvo asked if there were any other questions on the revenue and expenditure sheet. There being none, the Commissioner said that the other part of the financial aspect he wanted to show was pool revenue. The report is a nine-month report beginning in January of ’05 up and through September of ’05. On each page what is circled indicates what is being averaged on a daily basis in the aquatic department. A copy of this report is attached. Note that for the month of January, the average was $45.20. For an aquatics department, that alone does not come close to offsetting payroll expenses. This is when the Rec Center is open to the public for open swim sessions. On the last page, the nine-month average on a daily basis comes to $65.87. What is interesting is that for August – with two straight weeks of 90+ temperatures – both pools were fully operational; we averaged $83.00 a day, but the breakdown comes to a daily average of four adults, nine students, three seniors, and a number could not be reached for kids five and under. The Commissioner could not believe that, for as hot as it was, less than thirteen people are being attracted to both the indoor and outdoor pools. These figures do not include monthly passes, so there might be another three people added. Mr. DiSalvo said that, as he has said before, money would be saved if the pools were not open during open swims. This is going to be an issue; we’re losing over $90,000 a year. The payroll to income is not offset properly. The Rec’s lessons and classes do well, but the open times are contributing to excessive expenses. Mr. DiSalvo said he did not have any numbers to compare to other Rec aquatic facilities, but he’s sure they’re bringing in more than an average of $65 a day with there open swim aquatics programs. Mr. Kelley asked the Commissioner what numbers he would be looking at to break even. Mr. Kelley said that, when the pools were closed this past summer, people did not bother to come up to the Rec Center, his family included. The community pools were used. Mr. Kelley said that the Commission does not have the numbers from last year for comparison purposes. However, he ventured to say that this has been going on for a while. Mr. DiSalvo agreed. Mr. Kelley said that, again, the Rec Center is a community center and the reason the Rec has the programs is to offer them to the residents whether it makes money or not. Mr. DiSalvo said that income to payroll in aquatics is running ninety six percent; that’s where the losses are mounting with including the other expenses. Mr. Limpert asked if, for example, the Rec were open 22 hours a day, the Rec would be grossing $2 an hour; on the other hand, if the Rec were open for open swim one hour a day, it would be grossing $45 an hour. Any way you look at it, the numbers are sad, and the magnitude of the misery depends on how many hours we’re talking and also the staffing of the pools. Lifeguards have been on duty that could cover 100 people in the pool and there have been two people in the pool. The Safety Director asked for a better definition by the next Commission meeting; for example, that the Rec is open for open swim for four hours a day, that’s $10 an hour or $20 for two hours. Mr. DiSalvo said that he could get some figures for the next meeting to better define the size of the problem. Mr. Limpert asked how much cost would it be for a pavilion for the outdoor pool for people to get out of the sun because right now there are two choices: soak or bake. That might have an Page 4