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The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission March 6, 2006 Page Eleven Mr. Kelley said there would be some backlash regarding this matter. Mr. DiSalvo said that everything is usually based on expenses and not on income and, on an annual basis, the Rec has not given its people a raise for three years, and this year the City got by with a three percent increase. In his personal point of view, it doesn’t matter what any other Rec has; when people are coming in to the pool for $.33 a day, that isn’t helping the Rec Department’s cause, and the Rec is still giving discounts upon discounts off the base daily admission fee. The Commissioner does not know what to do. He knows there will be a backlash, but the Recreation Department cannot keep giving Rec programs away for free. The income issues must be addressed. If he cuts any more expenses, he will not have any employees left. A three percent income on minimum wage is nothing to the employees. Those are the issues the Commissioner currently faces. Mr. Terbrack said that he has an idea, and he is just playing with math for discussion purposes: if you take the three-month proposal where Mr. DiSalvo’s done the math: 16 x $1.49 x 3 months, and then take 90% of that, so get another ten percent discount, so on each one of those calculations where, e.g., the first one says $71.52, would bring it down to $64.36. If you want to play the rounding game, it would be $65.00. Would that make any sense – to take 90% of each of those four values? The Commissioner asked Mr. Terbrack to explain what the 90% meant once more. Mr. Terbrack replied that it would just give another ten percent discount off the proposed three-month figure. Just for discussion purposes, would this make any sense? Mr. Kelley said it makes absolute sense, but it still would make it at 120% increase over what is being paid now. Mr. Terbrack said that there hasn’t been an increase in over three years. After a brief overlapping discussion among the members, Mr. DiSalvo asked why have a three month pass for $6 more than a monthly; why even bother to have a monthly pass? It doesn’t make sense. Mr. Garrity said that Mr. DiSalvo’s concept is good and should be maintained. Perhaps the fees aren’t correct, but the concept is good. Perhaps more information must be had as stated, but if you wait a month it might be very dangerous. If the Commissioner wants to change the figures for next year, the formula is there, and this is the fair form he’s trying to come up with, except for the family pass, which goes off the curve. Note: This concluded Side “A” of the tape. Side “B” did not take; was soft and garbled. Below is a synopsis of notes for the rest of the meeting: Assistant Commissioner Report on DJ Skate Revenues Ms. Drenski reported that the DJ Skates were up 741 children in 2006 compared to 2005. Page 11