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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL AND PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION <br />JANUARY 24~ 1996 <br />hourly basis during 1996, as this would provide <br />documentation of actual hours worked. Fahey reported <br />that at that point the Council decided the issue should <br />go back to the Parks & Recreation Commission for a <br />recommendation on where the City should be going with <br />its recreation program. The Council was somewhat <br />concerned that the City did not provide overlap with <br />its senior programs with what it could reasonably <br />expect the $chool District to be providing for seniors. <br />Fahey indicated that he is reluctant to add full=time <br />staff because once full-time positions are added, they <br />are difficult to eliminate. Fahey indicated that the <br />Council recognizes the Direotor's concerns that part- <br />time staff may not be available during the day. Fahey <br />suggested that the answer might be to have one of the <br />part-time po.sitions work daytime hours and the other <br />evening. <br />Fahey pointed out the time study done by the Parks & <br />Recreation Department was just short of averaging 80 <br />hours per week between the three positions. Fahey was <br />concerned that this did not provide enough <br />justification for adding a full-time position. He also <br />indicated that it is unrealistic to expect the Director <br />to work 50 to 55 hours per week, but stated that <br />working more than 40 hours per week is common in a <br />position of this type. <br />Fahey stated that he was reluctant to expand recreation <br />programs unless someone can define how the program <br />should be expanded and show that these programs are <br />ones which really should be added. Fahey noted that <br />when the Federal Government is cutting dollars and <br />reducing programs, a parks and recreation program will <br />be the first area a city will cut rather than essential <br />services like police, fire, and public works. <br />Fahey stated that the Council left the issue indicating <br />the need for more time justification and asking for a <br />recommendation on program expansion. At this point the <br />Council is content with the status quo. <br />Scalze pointed out that the Council looked at the fact <br />that the number of registrations over the past five <br />years have remained fairly constant and have actually <br />declined slightly. Being located between the cities of <br />Roseville and Maplewood, it is likely that Little <br />2 <br />