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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission September 14, 2009 (Percentage) Used, hopefully at the end of the year, all of this will be one hundred percent. Those numbers show how much we have to go to meet revenue goals. Going down the line, Mr. DiSalvo said that Jenny collected her summer programming in Enrichment in February. At this time, she’s at 92.8%, meeting her revenue budget by the end of the year, so there are no notes on Enrichment at this time. The bulk of her program has already been collected. With Pool, the Rec’s facility rentals are down from the prior year 46%, mainly because we missed out on collecting from area swim teams last winter. Lesson revenue was down nine percent versus the prior year. The overall total revenue is down 17% vs. the prior year, mainly because the two facility rentals and lesson revenues are down. The fall season has just started, and those numbers peaked in September; with the October meeting, Mr. DiSalvo will know how much ground she covered. With the Ice Rink facility, daily admissions are down 15% from prior year. Year to date total revenues are down 11% versus prior year. Betsy’s (Drenski) here to speak on that, but she generally makes up that income at the end of the year; the Commissioner was not concerned about the Rink’s revenues. Ms. Drenski said that the rental rates were increased for fall, so as of September the hourly rate is up in Rink, so even based with what we brought in last year, we should be a little bit higher. She said that she’s working on selling every available hour that she can sell. Mr. DiSalvo said that the Rink income is no surprise; generally speaking, most of Betsy’s clients are off just a little bit from prior year, and it’s also a reflection on the economy, because their programming is the same. Things have improved. The economy is one thing we’re dealing with while keeping our expenses down. With Tennis: Tennis is all rentals, down seven percent from prior year on all facility rentals. Gymnastics is up 13% versus prior year. Karrie (Tipton) is having another great year, which is good, because that means more commission for our revenue. In Team Sports, Chris (Wetmore) is also up three percent versus prior year. Essentially, this will all be a wash, with Gymnastics, Team Sports and Rink most likely offsetting Pool and Tennis. We should make our revenue numbers. The Rec Department is working very hard to make sure those numbers are coming, but it’s been a tough year so far. Any questions on the revenues? Mr. Baxter asked Mr. DiSalvo to talk about the Recreation Administration – over $1 million. The Commissioner said it’s a plethora of everything. At Clague Park, it’s the cell tower; Coke commissions, gaming commissions, advertising commissions, Cleveland Hockey Supply paying off its bill. Mr. Baxter said for over a million dollars, that’s a lot of commissions. Mr. DiSalvo said it also includes the property tax, the biggest part of the whole. Mr. DiSalvo said that’s it for revenues, and went on to speak of expenses. Page 2