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North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission August 7, 2006 Page Six in August, that position should be filled and move forward to improve programming and revenues for the last part of the year. Expenses The second page of the report represents expenses. Year-to-date our expenses are 57.7%, so our expenses are a little high to date. Much of that is due to summer season payroll. As soon as our fall and winter programs come, less payroll is needed, and the margin goes up about ten percent with what they are now. Ms. Jones asked why there was an expense for the Pro Shop. Mr. DiSalvo said that should not be in there. It’s called a Cost Center; it’s a Finance matter, and that Department told the Rec Center not to worry about it – it will be taken care of by the end of the year. Ms. Jones asked who would be taking over Concessions. Mr. Dailey indicated that a proposal was never turned in to be reviewed by the Law Department to go to bid. As soon as that is approved, it will be going out. Ms. Jones asked if there were many people interested; Mr. DiSalvo said that, currently, four people are, and he hoped that, after advertisement, more are attracted. The four are local companies. Ms. Jones asked how long it would take to make a decision. Mr. DiSalvo replied that there is a bid opening with a target date of August 23, 2006. Mr. Barker asked if, all in all, the expenses and revenues are in line with what has been budgeted for the year; the Commissioner said this was true. Mr. Baxter asked who put together the report; he was informed by Mr. Dailey and Mr. DiSalvo that it was generated by the Finance Department. The negatives and positives seemed to be transposed; the system hasn’t been perfected yet. Mr. Baxter said that in a summary like this, it normally would not be done this way. In any event it’s a top-notch system and will prove itself to be a very good system. Each division of each department is broken down, so each department knows what it has to do. All of the system hasn’t been figured out yet. Mr. DiSalvo said that he thought this was perhaps the first time the Rec Department broke down the cost centers and kept track of it. The County is fine with the revenue; it’s the expenses that concern them. The City must prove why it’s raising the expenses and payroll. Because the programs are doing so well, we need more counselors and instructors to maintain the programs. Everything must be backed. Central Playground would be very easy to prove, but the Rec is still estimating on what will be done with Enrichment, which will probably bring in another $10,000. However, there is no hard proof. It’s all based on past averages and what is thought will happen. It’s difficult to produce. Next year the Rec Department will have a much better idea on the Enrichment Programs because of the new full-time person. Mr. DiSalvo could not Minutes of a Meeting of the Page 6