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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission April 6, 2009 covered by the Reliance agreement, but it will still be much less. As an example, right before Christmas, the Rink’s warming area was freezing. The Rec called in Reliance, the serviceman spent about two hours, and the place was warm again. In case you are all wondering, the money will be transferred around in the budget. Ms. Nader had a question on replacement: is there a point where the Rec Department would have to look at replacement? Mr. DiSalvo said no, not yet. We have very good equipment, and we’re lucky it’s not too late. On the underground equipment, there’s nothing you can do with it, but the APR Unit probably hasn’t been running right for the past five years, because every time you walked by it, there was a red light on it; obviously that meant something. Now it’s all green now; it’s humming; it’s not making any noise. How could you not notice that? Mr. Scarl said that when there would be a meeting in the pool room, the chlorine smell would be very strong. Ms. Drenski said he was breathing the old chlorine. Everything is running very well; however, it is costing some money, but positive money now. Automatic Scrubber Equipment Quotes The last quote is equipment needed for additional in-house cleaning duties because we only outsource three areas: the main lobby, concession, and the men’s and women’s locker rooms, that cleaning contract used to go for about $50,000; now it’s down to $10,000. We have accepted a lot of in-house cleaning duties. We need to buy a floor scrubber. Coverall came in at $7,281; Alco, $8,309; Zep, $10,435. The model we have now is over 15 years old and it’s done its duties well, but it needs replacement. Right now, everything is mopped by hand; it gets clean, but not as clean as an automatic scrubber. With the additional duties the crew has picked up, this will help. Leaf Vacuum The next one is basically a leaf vac, and we’ve looked a couple Sears models, but they just do not have enough horsepower. This will be quoted out. It would clean up the debris, throw it on the truck. The Service Department doesn’t have anything like it. In the beginning, the Rec would look to rent one to see how it works. These are between $4,000 and $5,000, but it would definitely be worth it. Actually, Springvale could use it. The vac would take the leaves away from the fence, go over them with the mower a few times and chop them up. The ratio on size is ten to one on this. This is non- essential, but the other three items the Commissioner said are essential. The Rec has the money for this; it would just be a matter of transferring between accounts. Spring/Summer Newsletter Ms. Drenski said that the Rec is cutting down from three to two newsletters per year. The next one will be in the fall/winter. It will be posted in a half-page format rather than an 8-1/2x11” format Page 8