09-07-04 Personnel & Finance - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

j e eo1 mzitttE cR4o'it of the . vzsonnEL cad 9inarzez CommittEE of the .S'OLLth BE-net eommon &and'LL Park Department Fund#201 2005 Proposed $10,640,858 2.15% increase Recreation Nonreverting Operating Fund Fund#203 2005 Proposed$810,506 At approximately 6:25 pm the Committee then was joined by Park Superintendent Phil St. Clair, Administrative Director Betsy Harriman, Fiscal Officer Bill Carleton, Mark Bradley who is in charge of Marketing/Promotions, Director of Recreation Susan O'Connor, Maintenance Superintendent Mike Dyszkiewicz, Chad Kilmer who oversees golf operations, and Potawatomi Zoo Development Director Jason Jacobs. Park Superintendent Phil St. Clair welcomed the opportunity to provide information to the Council. He stated that he would have each of his staff members to briefly review their area. Fiscal Officer Bill Carleton then provided a 6-page handout addressing the proposed budget summary report for fiscal year 2005 (copy attached). He summarized portions of the handout noting that city guidelines were followed. The charts reflect that for Fund Nos. 201 and 203 personnel costs average 65% of the department's budget, with supply costs averaging 13-14% and contractuals averaging 19-20%. Revenues for Fund Nos. 201 and 203 are 69-70% from tax revenues and 30-31% from user fees. For Fund# 201 property tax generates 70.7% or $8,054,012 for 2005 for the park and recreation 2005 operations. Mr. St. Clair stated that he would like to reserve 20 minutes or so at the end of the Committee meeting to briefly discuss the Master Plan. Dr. Varner suggested that a separate meeting be held on the Master Plan. Council Member Coleman suggested that at the end of the meeting that the Master Plan notebooks be handed out and that he would call a separate PARC meeting for its review and discussion. He noted that further discussions are also planned for Summer in the City. In response to a question from Council Member Puzzello, Mr. St. Clair stated that the Master Plan does incorporate much of the discussions which were held throughout the city including those held at Howard Park. Park Administration#201-1100 Administrative Director Betsy Harriman then briefly described her administrative functions, park security, public relations and marketing. She provided a 2-page handout (copy attached) which summarized park security operations, summarized Riverside Drive/Dam/East Bank Trail activities, noting that 27 bollard lights along the East Bank Trail have been destroyed at the cost of$17,550, as well as an electric meter being destroyed by Leeper Street, and the destruction of stone trash cans. Attendance at the Cove through August 2004 was 201,142, up from 191,174 in 2003. Playground equipment continues to be installed at the King Center and Personnel and Finance Committee Meeting of September 7, 2004 Page 3