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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission January 14, 2008 The Maintenance Department continues to do a great job. They had many challenges in ’07 with getting the Rink back up to operation and some ball field projects. Despite the expenses coming in at 93.30%, Tom (Stein) is doing an absolutely fantastic job keeping expenses in control, especially with all the daily repairs he makes on equipment. There were many transfers within the year but, in the end, it came out to the Rec Department’s advantage. Cindi (Bartko) – Pool – had an original appropriation of $161,000. She finished the year at 114.80% over budget, which equates into almost $185,000. That has been the biggest swing of revenue since the Commissioner has been at the Rec. That’s incredible. She’s going to do as good or better this year. To have over a $20,000 swing in any cost center and/or department center is excellent, and she came in right at 99.99%, right on the budget. We all knew what issues were presented in the Ice Rink. Despite the challenges we faced with the Ice Rink, we came in at 88.80%, still under budget with expenses. Mr. DiSalvo said that he knew for certain that if the Rink had been open, the $27,000 missed on the revenue would easily been made up through the Rink. Tennis is confusing. Normally, Pat (Cunningham) comes in at 100% of the budget. She ended up at 95.50%. The $138,000 was based on only a three percent increase from the prior year. Ms. Drenski said that she did not have use of the outdoor courts for the summer program. Mr. DiSalvo said that was right. The High School did not notify us that they were closing down the outdoor courts because they got resurfaced; that took away our summer lesson program. The Rec had to relocate and cut those lessons in half. Mr. DiSalvo said he called up Rocky River – he couldn’t remember the final location. Ms. Drenski said it was Tri-City. Mr. DiSalvo thanked Ms. Drenski for this information, and said that that little bit makes a huge difference in the overall budget, so The Rec only wound up with four courts instead of the eight, and the Commissioner was almost certain the summer session had to be cut in half and the Rec wasn’t able to run the full session of tennis lessons as well. st Gymnastics shows how the Rec collects income right up until December 31 as well as with the Pool and the Rink. It’s interesting that Jenny (Couts) (Enrichment) made her budget by about $77. Karrie (Tipton) (Gymnastics) made it by about $207, and the extra padding for the Pool came right up until the last day. As you can see, Karrie did a great job with Gymnastics and kept her expenses at 96.00%. Team Sports, since the beginning of January, got off to a rough start. It had to do with enrollment issues, registration, and also some failed attempts at new programming. That’s been resolved, and the Rec Department is going to have a strong year in Team Sports. Chris (Wetmore) came in at 89.70% revenue. He kept his expenses intact. The overall Rec Department Revenue Budget came in at 98.80%, which is $2,244,000. Our expenses were kept in check. We came in under budget at 95.80%, or $2,131,995. Page 3