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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 10 residents as well as non-residents, and also in use of the facilities by the City or- ganization itself. Speaking to the need for a scheduler, Councilmeinber Etten provided an example of an experience in his family renting a facility several weelcs ago, and the staff- ing resources required through that rental process. Councihnember Etten opined that the inajority of the scheduling had been talcen on by Assistant Parlcs & Recre- ation Director Jill Anfang, outside her already full-time job duties. Councilmem- ber Etten noted the need to balance use and care of the facilities without continu- ing to drain the lifeblood of full-time employees already exceed a 70-80 hour work week. Furthennore, Councilmember Etten noted that soine former park fa- cilities had not been used in this manner in the past due to their poor conditions; and it therefore required someone capable of monitoring use of the buildings on a regular basis. Councilmeinber Willmus echoed the comments of Councilmember Etten; and ref- erenced the comments of City Manager Trudgeon on users of the buildings whether inside or outside the City organization programining itself and the coin- munity and non-residents. Councilmember McGehee clarified that she was not arguing against the position; but was simply seelcing inore detailed information to malce sure sustainability was built into the position; as well as reviewing fees to make sure planning was done going forward. Councilmember Etten noted that City Council had already had a robust discussion on that issue some time ago providing that information. Councilmember Etten further noted that the goal of providing parlc facilities had not been to malce mon- ey only, but to encourage their use and provide an additional benefit to the com- munity. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her interest in seeing who was actually using the park buildings, with the first year now under the city's belt, opining it was her understanding that was why Ms. Anfang had been performing scheduling to track and inonitor usage accurately. Councilmember Laliberte questioned there wasn't already someone in the employee system that couldn't take on those scheduling duties without the addition of another einployee. While sounding rhetorical, Councilineinber Laliberte reiterated her previously stated question as to how the communication functions now having been streamlined had allowed other em- ployees additional time after that burden had been removed. Councilmeinber Laliberte stated that was her question; quantifying the time gained by those ein- ployees freeing them to perfonn other duties such as this, especially using some- one already in the systein who knows programining, the buildings and having that institutional knowledge. Councilmember Laliberte questioned how the City could