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North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission April 3, 2006 Page Seven Ms. Jones said that she thought the prices are good. Mr. Barker said that the small increase for seniors is not that bad, because the seniors are still swimming for $.37 a day. Looking at the family membership, the family is swimming, per person, for $.19 a day. That’s a pretty good rate, considering what it costs to run the pool. Thanks to Mr. DiSalvo, who has been showing not only to the Commission but to Council at various meetings, that things need to be changed to try to maintain what the Rec Department has now and, hopefully, get better in the future. Column A v. Column B – I think Column A is a fair compromise because Mr. Barker thought there was some heavy discussion last month. He sees no problem. Mr. Dial said that he thinks that the rates he has been paying have been quite fair. As Mr. Barker pointed out and considering the cost to run the pool, anyone who will complain is being unreasonable. Discussion then took place among the members about the fairness of the proposal. Mr. Baxter said that he still thinks the senior rate is too low. If the senior rate is typically a 20 percent or 30 percent reduction, he would think the senior rate could be $200 and not $135. Mr. DiSalvo asked Mr. Dial how old the seniors were. Mr. Dial said that the average age in the senior water exercise class would be in their 80s. Mr. DiSalvo said that he likes to see the seniors exercise, and they come in every day. He does not want them to be discouraged and does not want to raise the senior prices significantly. Ms. Kanis said the age and cost could be argued back and forth, but the figures as noted are a good starting point. Mr. Kelley asked that, with the numbers indicated, how long could they be in effect until the Rec Department would want more? Mr. Kelley said that he knows that at Garfield Heights the guards are getting paid $10 and hour; $6.50 is the top wage at North Olmsted. Now there are background checks being made in North Olmsted. The guards must really want to work at the Rec Center to stay here, and those are the guards that would like to be retained, if possible. Mr. DiSalvo said the pricing is made to try to offset wages, because right now, the income to payroll is currently at 98 percent; the Rec Department is barely covering wages, and the extra two percent is definitely covering pool operation. The Rec Department is trying to make some more money to get guards that will stay here. In further detail, on the next page is Resident Proposed Pool Pass Rates and Ordinance Range. The Ordinance Range must be changed as well. The classifications are the same, the current daily rate is fine. The change would be just to have one monthly pass rate. The winter and summer are the monthly passes. This sheet shows the current ordinance range and the proposed ordinance range. Basically, the ordinance range must begin with the new pricing and then go forward from them. The second page is the non-resident rates and ordinance range changes. The Rec Department’s non- resident pricing is right in line with what it should be. There aren’t too many changes but, again, the ordinance must be changed. There were, as example, on the non-resident proposed pool rate, the Rec Minutes of a Meeting of the Page 7