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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission April 3, 2006 Page Three rd said that the tax revenue comes from the Finance Department. Since today is the 3, normally it is closed out the first week of the month and, if the meeting had been next Monday, all figures would have been in. Mr. Barker asked if it meant that, for January, there was program revenue of $123,000, and $146,000 from the Finance Department, for a grand total of $269,000 operating. Mr. DiSalvo said that was correct. Mr. Barker asked why the February income from the City be so much higher than the month before. Mr. DiSalvo said that is the running total. Mr. Barker said that if that is so, the Rec Department gets about $146,000 a month from the City. Mr. DiSalvo said this was true. Ms. Drenski said that, for last year, the rink was at $53,000; this year, $71,000. The pool last year was $19,500; this year $14,500. Tennis was $9,900 last year; $12,000 this year. Gymnastics was $7,700 last year; it’s a little down this year, but not much. Recreation programs were $4,700 last year and $4,400 this year. Additionally, there were the enrichment programs of over $10,000. Concession did better last year. Mr. DiSalvo said he is counting on enrichment programs to start increasing revenues. That’s the key cost center for this year. Mr. Baxter said he knows it was not easy to get the figures together, but to give the Commission good comparisons, year-to-date this year versus last year is to have a schedule which actually shows us those numbers is the most meaningful way to do things. Whether or not the Rec is doing good, bad or better is not known just looking at the current year, unless one is good at remembering. Mr. DiSalvo said that the numbers are actually getting more accurate. Mr. Baxter noted that this is only the income side, not the expenses. Mr. DiSalvo said that now that the budget has been finalized, copies should be received soon showing expenses as well. Ms. Jones asked when the concession area is being terminated. Mr. DiSalvo said that June 1, 2006 is the termination date for the Rec Department to run concession. The Commissioner further stated that the Rec does not have to go through the bid process; it makes a legal advertisement for it. Any concessionaire who is interested would give the Rec Department its proposal, and then it will be decided upon. Mr. Barker asked if this was per the Law Director. Mr. DiSalvo said it was. He spent quite a bit of time doing an RFP for the proposal, then the next day after the package was put together by me, John Dailey and Tom Terbrack, the Law Director emailed us and said that there is no need for this. An RFP is needed for services rendered; if there will be services that will, in turn, give money back, there is no need for one. Ms. Jones asked if the concessionaire would pay rent; Mr. DiSalvo said that would be the case. Mr. DiSalvo said the Commission would be included in this process upon being questioned by Mr. Kelley. There are about four people interested; Mr. DiSalvo would like to have them make their presentations before the Commission. Then they will go through Council and due process. The good part is that there is significant time saved by not going through the bid process; the Rec Department is accepting proposals. Mr. DiSalvo said that Ms. Drenski would like to report on the upcoming Ice Show. Ms. Drenski said that the Ice Show is coming again, and passed out a flyer advertising the show for the Commission Page 3