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Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM – 1E <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: October 17, 2022 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Recreation Programming Update <br /> <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br /> For Council Consideration <br /> <br />The City Council should consider providing direction on short-term Recreation Programming. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City currently has a vacancy for a Recreation Supervisor, and is currently in the process of <br />trying to fill the position. A verbal update will be given regarding the status of this position at the <br />worksession. Having the vacancy creates some short-term gaps for staffing, while other <br />departments have been doing a great job of assisting with ongoing functions some decisions will <br />need to occur around ice rink staffing and winter programming. The City typically puts out its <br />Winter Recreation Guide in mid-November, this allows both City Staff and residents to plan <br />appropriately. The 2021/22 Recreation Guide is attached for reference. We could delay the Winter <br />Recreation Guide to later in November or even early December, but we still need to plan <br />appropriately and want to be able to provide a realistic level of service. In working with the Public <br />Works Department, as Recreation technically falls under their purview, Staff is seeking direction <br />from Council either to go ahead and make these decisions administratively or have Council provide <br />further direction on winter programming. <br /> <br />Ice Rink Staffing <br />Pre-COVID, the City would work to staff four ice rinks: Hazelnut, Cummings, Perry and Freeway <br />Park. The staffed hours would typically be 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Monday thru Friday, 12:00 pm to <br />8:30 pm on Saturday, and 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Sundays (Cummings was only staffed on Fridays <br />and the weekend). Depending on the number of seasonals available to work, the City would have <br />hired between eight and ten people to work as ice rink attendants. Their duties include unlocking <br />and locking the warming houses, turning the lights on and off, shoveling rinks, and other <br />maintenance duties for the warming house. For 2020/1, we did not hire any rink attendants and put