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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission December 4, 2006 OLD BUSINESS Janco Services Industries Mr. DiSalvo said that Janco Services Industries is the provider selected as the cleaning service provider for the Rec Complex beginning January 2, 2007. Effective January 1,2007, Jani-King will not be providing services for the Rec. The Bid from Janco Services came in at $40,530 as an annual contract amount. This is approximately $8,000 less than what the Rec was paying Jani-King, so not only did we get a better company to provide better services, but the Rec will save money as well. Ms. Jones asked who will do the bathrooms at the Park. Mr. DiSalvo said that would move in-house, as well as the Skate Park. Janco Services did not bid on the Parks; just the interior of the Rec Center, so the maintenance crew is more than capable of doing Parks bathrooms, though Jani-King did do that. The Rec takes care of the dirt in the parks; Service does everything else. Ms. Powell said she is happy to hear of the new cleaning services, because the only way the Rec can go is up. In terms of the issue of window cleaning, how did that turn out? The Commission replied that Janco Services will be responsible for all the windows in the multi-purpose room, and the lobby; the tennis windows are the Rec’s responsibility. Concessions Ms. Jones asked how Concessions was doing. Mr. DiSalvo said it is a very big menu. Mr. Garrity said that Concessions is open for the Hockey Club, and they are on the ice at 6:15. The Commissioner said that the Concessionaire will eventually learn her own lesson because the menu is too big. Her enthusiasm is great. She means well, but she is coming up with ideas that will just not work, e.g., she is providing Reuben sandwiches – what kid is going to eat that? The concessionaire has a lot of adult foods, and the concession stand should be made for kids. Pool, Ice and Tennis Numbers Mr. Kelley asked about the pool and ice numbers. Mr. DiSalvo said that the Pool Supervisor is using the pool for multi-purpose uses, e.g., she has two lanes open for open swim and an exercise class on the other side. She is also getting more rentals in as well. Before the pool was being used as a private club, more or less, and that can’t be done at the Rec Center. The cost of labor to pool use is better now as far as revenue generation is concerned. The rink is very stable, and the big months have been November and December, so the Rec doesn’t have the actual numbers on that yet. Ms. Drenski said that all instructors are on hand to give people th pointers on the ice. The Santa Skate will be the 17 of December, Sunday night. Tennis is always good. Page 4