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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission November 9, 2009 of it. Mr. Dailey said that gymnastics is also becoming more popular with grade school and high school students. Mr. Dailey continued that there are not large expenses involved for a family in gymnastics that there would be, for example, in hockey or skating. Gymnastics is getting a lot more coverage than it did five or ten years ago, especially in the High School Girl level. Look at the powerhouses in the area, like Magnificat and some of the other schools; that might push up some of the numbers as well, getting some of the younger girls in the program as well. Soccer is a “cottage industry” in the City of North Olmsted, having such a reputation for it. Expenses The Rec is doing well in expenses. We’re at 80% for what’s been budgeted for the year. Ms. Drenski said the Rec watches it very carefully. We cut where we can and transfer where we need it. We are very diligent with expenses. Tennis has always been to the dollar; now she’s even seeing a little more. Ms. Drenski asked if there were any questions. There being none, this concluded the report of the Assistant Commissioner. REPORT OF THE COMMUNITY LIFE SERVICES DIRECTOR Proposals As mentioned, we are going out for proposals on the beverage services contract for the City of North Olmsted covering the Recreation Department as well as other city departments. We put the ad in the paper, for three companies to take out a proposal: Coca Cola, our current vendor; Pepsi America, and Snapple/Dr. Pepper. Snapple/Dr. Pepper never submitted a bid. The other two were submitted by Pepsi and Coke. Overwhelmingly, Coke came out ahead. We had been receiving $7,500 a year in revenue from Coke; it’s gone to $10,000. The Pepsi people only came in with $5,000 a year. So, it was a done deal at that point. Pepsi also did not want to give us five display cases to use at Springvale; they offered us two. Coke came back and offered us five display cases to use at Springvale. Recycling containers we asked for was met by Coke; Pepsi did not. Coke also offered us escalation clause based on our sales. We get paid 35% commission off their costs. As we sell more product, they will pay us more commission on a graduated scale. We’d like to generate about $240,000 in the next ten years. We’ll take anything we can get. One concern we had was that Coke is very slow in getting the vending machines filled back up. The rep assured us that issue would be addressed so that we can get more product and hit more numbers. It looks like Coke will be it for the next ten years. Mr. Groden asked confirmation that Coke will provide recyclable containers. Mr. Dailey said that we will start off with four; if we need more, they will get them for us. Mr. Scarl asked about the Parks. Mr. Dailey said not yet, the City is waiting to see how it goes and, hopefully, expand up from there. Mr. Dailey said the containers will be put on our tree lawn at City Hall, and the BFI will come and pick them up. Page 4