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lt EN HILLS Approved: July 11, 2022 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 20, 2022 5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Pro Tern Holden called to order the City Council Work Session at 5:03 p.m. Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Steve Scott and David Radziej Absent: None Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault, Finance Director Gayle Bauman, Public Works Director/City Engineer David Swearingen, Assistant Public Works Director Lucas Miller, Deputy City Clerk Jolene Trauba 1. AGENDA ITEMS A. Recreation Discussion Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen stated that he wanted to give an overview of the recreation program offerings and the current service level. There were some changes due to COVID-19 and staff changes. 2021 was Joe Vaughan's first year of running the Recreation Department and he is now under Assistant Public Works Director Lucas Miller's supervision. The Halloween event was added in 2021 and Touch -a -Truck in May 2022. They made money on the Spring Egg Hunt, but did not meet the goal on the Halloween event. Staff has been partnering with other cities as listed in the memo. There were a total of 85 rec programs offered in 2021 with 886 participants. There were still some COVID-19 restrictions in 2021, but this year staff is anticipating running 115 programs by bringing back some programs, adding new programs and eliminating ones that weren't successful. Staff understands that FPAC would like to see a range of 95%-105% for coverage of direct costs by program revenues. In 2021, 131.6% of direct costs were covered by revenue. Councilmember Holmes asked for clarification on revenue and direct costs on Attachment C. Finance Director Bauman explained Attachment C.