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. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 11,2001 TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Joe Lynch, City Administrato SUBJECT: Day in the Park Background Previously,the City had sponsored the Day in the Park as an opportunity to showcase and familiarize various park amenities in the City. For 2000,the focus of the event was shifted to create more of a community event feeling. In 2001,the City will celebrate our Fiftieth Anniversary with a celebration at Tony Schmidt Park. As a part of this, Day in the Park will be celebrated with activities and events recognizing our anniversary celebration. In 2000, staff was invited to be involved with and work at the Day in the Park celebration. Those staff that worked on the Saturday event were offered the Monday off before the July 4h holiday as an exchange for helping with this City event. Those staff who chose not to work at the event worked on that Monday. This year, I would again like to extend the invitation to staff to work at the Fiftieth Anniversary event. The response has been very positive and enthusiastic. A request has been made to allow those employees that work the event time off on another date or date(s) in exchange. The request has been made to have the %2 holiday on Christmas Eve converted to a full day, an the 1/2 day holiday for New Year's Eve made into a full day. The total time exchange would be eight(8) hours, 1 hour for every hour worked. Labor costs to the City for allowing employees to work this event total $3,257 for all existing personnel. Recommendation Staff would recommend that the City Council encourage the staff to participate in the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration by allowing an exchange of time worked at the celebration for an additional '/z holiday on both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve day.