Agenda - Council Work Session - 09/03/2019 - Special

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• The funding for this position has been accounted for within the 2019 budget. Cons • Unspecified Option 2 Utilize the fourth quarter of 2019 to 'wind down' most all recreation programs and inform residents that very limited recreation and enrichment programs will be available for 2020. (This option is tenable if a Park and Recreation intern is added back for the 2020 budget, to address minimal rec programs to include only the summer concerts and some Art in the Park, not including the Art Fair ect.) This may also entail amending the Strategic Plan to eliminate the recreation program subset within the "Strategy: Connect the community both physically and socially to destinations, services, and activities." Pros • Provides a reduction of several thousand dollars for this service in the 2020 budget versus this line item in the 2019 budget. Cons • Residents continue to volunteer positive feedback on the diversity of rec programs presently offered —and it is likely there would be dissatisfaction in reduced levels of this service. • Repeated re-training of a Park and Recreation Intern places significant demands on HR Staff, IT Staff and Public Works Staff —and these hours may be viewed as somewhat unproductive, as the intern(s) are often gone after three months, resulting in a limited return on investment. • The 'cost' incurred by full time regular staff to on -board an intern negates some of the cost savings of an intern over the 20 hour per week Recreation Specialist proposed.