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Minutes of Regular Council Meeting October 14, 1980 Page 3 H an son said he is swayed by what has been exp ressed by the pub li c and the input from Public Works Supervisor but has a motion in mind which would essentially transfer some of the responsibilities from the Park Director for the interim period un t il October 1, 1981. It would: 1. Di re c t the Parks Director to consider hi ri n g employees for s umme r employment tha t are more skilled than some forme r CETA employees, 2. Provide for involvement of a professional p lanne r in the development of ~ 1:0 '. I. ._1 F' _lJ 1 - L_ - M&~~ .LJ " . 3. Authorize the Pub li c Works Supervisor to purchase and maintain parks equipment and als 0 to train park s pe r- Sonne 1 in use of parks e q ui pmen t ( a f te r they are trained, be supervised as us ua 1 by Parks Director), 4 , Provide for tho rough evaluation of the parks program by Council p ri or to 1982 bud ge t preparation, Hans on .aid this type of modi fica ti on would be constructive and would eliminate, for this one-year period, the most sensitive part of the job which has aroused the mos t cri ticism and the most concern. .~~ ^Cou comments were that recreational program evaluation is already being done; feels the ultimate evaluation is the util- ization of the programs by the area residents, One concern ex- p reased re transfer of park e q uipmen t purchase, park equipment maintenance and training of equIpment maintenance to public works would re suI t in two supervisors - one over these func tions and the o th e r over scheduling utilization and gene ral resource .management - a two-boss problem results. Ano the r concern ex- pressed was having to go to a cons ul tan t fo r park development. It Was fe 1 t that, in most instances I this should be done by the Park Director and Park Commi t tee. In fur the r discussion it was noted that there are management pro- b lems which should be resolved. It was suggested that one con- side ration might be the hiring of more skilled workers; noted that young unskilled workers can do a g re at deal of damage before they come up to wages ci ty may have to pay fo r more skilled lab~r. Audience participation was reques ted Ro be r t Nethercut spoke in favor of the parks program; said he feels abolishing the full time director would be the wrong way to go; is proud of the ci ty re co rd of getting its dollar's worth out of a comparatively minimal park budget; said he feels that the quality of life is an impo r tan t consideration; noted that Buckley is a fine person and has accomplished a lot for the de- . partmen t, Jerome Timm asked about the remarks made by Public Works Super- visor. Crepeau. reported that Johansen's memo indicated that he is willing to supervise the purchase and maintenance of equipment and to train personnel in the use of equipment. It was noted tha t Johansen was not "selling" the idea; had apprehenaions and advised that it would i'nvolve some additional cos ts . Mark Peterson asked why it would be e as ie r fo r the Public Works Department to handle park maintenance than the Park Department; -3-