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Item No. 5 Staff Report No. Meeting Date: July 16, 2001 Type of Business: W.K. WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Michael Ulrich, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Golf Course Recommendations Date of Report: August 29, 2018 After several weeks of observation and working at the Bridges Golf Course, I have some suggestions on the operational aspect of the course. I would like to state that these suggestions or recommendations are made with very little golf course or clubhouse experience. These options will obviously take time to play out and some may seem more appropriate for the future of the course verses the interim period, which the City is faced with currently. For managing the entire operation, I believe there are four possible options. 1. Hire a Golf Course Superintendent / Manager, as a department head, reporting to the City Administrator. 2. Operate the Course and Clubhouse under the direction of the Public Works Director, with one supervisor of Clubhouse Operations and one supervisor of Course Operations / Maintenance. This could allow for the occasional utilization of Public Works / Parks personnel. 3. Operate the Clubhouse with a Supervisor / Pro, Operate the Course Maintenance with a Golf Course Supervisor, reporting to the City Administrator 4. If legally possible, lease the entire operation to a private firm to manage the facility as a whole. The following scenarios could play out in numbers 2 and 3. • The Clubhouse Supervisor would be responsible for all activities generated from the facility. These would include; hiring both the Golf Pros and number of Pros required to effectively provide lessons, leagues, promote the course and merchandise; hire seasonal positions for the range, beverage cart, clubhouse attendant and other positions as needed, within the specified budget. • One Golf Course Supervisor and one greens keeper should be hired to share the course maintenance responsibilities. • Seasonal course maintenance personnel (possibly 4) should be hired to work 35 to 40 hours a week. On days when mowing is not required, this staff will perform other activities throughout the course that are currently difficult to schedule due to the lack of manpower. Equipment maintenance expenses could be reduced by this measure.