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In terms of internal operations, staff relies on one -another to assist with for many <br />day-to-day tasks across departments (see also letter g. below) . The reduction of 20 <br />hours of competent professional staffing will likely be manifest in less <br />effectiveness in certain areas of customer service (timeliness and depth of <br />responsiveness), and there would be less ability to 'pick up the slack' for special <br />projects like the re -dedication event to unveil the sign at Loral I Armstrong <br />Delaney Central Park in April, as one example. <br />g. Can the service provided be reduced, eliminated, or contracted out? <br />Recreation programming can be reduced, but practically not eliminated unless the <br />community no longer desires events like the Summer Concert Series, Holiday Tree <br />Lighting, and Annual Art Fair etc. The Recreation Specialist also contributes to <br />most other city programs like EDA's golf event, Happy Day's etc., (and was the <br />primary staff organizer for the Pandemic era 'Happy Daze' in 2020 due to <br />temporary staffing shortages in Administrative Services). In addition, the position <br />provides back-up to the Public Works Administrative Assistant, including in <br />aiding the public in park and facility reservations. <br />h. What is the budgetary impact if the position is not filled (e.g., additional <br />overtime/compensatory time off costs) <br />The primary budgetary impact if this position is not filled, but rather an attempt <br />(once again) to fill a portion of the job duties with Interns — is the significant <br />inefficiencies with the continual on -boarding and retraining Interns in a rotation <br />of one to three individuals each year. This is an unnecessary drain on other staff's <br />time that does not come with a regular part-time Recreation Specialist (versus an <br />Intern). Recruitment by HR involves many hours of advertising, organizing <br />applications, and setting up interviews ---most of which involve young adults who <br />reside outside of the area. Other staff's time is then impacted by a half day of <br />interviews, and then second interviews (for some candidates who decline the <br />position when offered). And then there is more time and expense setting up drug <br />screening and other time investments. <br />Other departments like Police and IT are impacted (background checks, adding <br />Interns to various electronic networks), and Finance has to set up temporary <br />employees in the payroll systems. However the greatest deleterious impact is the <br />training period for new Interns. Very little productive work emanates from these <br />inexperienced temporary employees in the first week or two (within a typical 12 <br />to 14 week stint). The biggest unproductive time involved is the training period <br />required of supervisors and FT staff on all the aspects and dimensions of the <br />