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MEMO 10: Bruce Anderson FROM: Jeff Stottlemyer DATE: February 27, 1980 RE: Skating Rink Season End Report All warming houses have been checked and thoroughly looked at to see what has disappeared or broken during the course of the skating season. one of the problems we had this year was keeping shovels and brooms inside the warming houses, not carefully watching who was using them caused a number of shovels to be stolen. Brooms were being used primarily by kids making snow caves or what have you. There was three weeks left in the program when we bought six new shovels and two brooms. We also had problems with vandalism occuring at a couple of parks so we bought new locks to replace the old ones. Because of the vandalism we had two Mounds View Parks, Recreation 6 Forestry jackets stolen, the sites where they were stolen from were Lambert and Hillview. WHAT WENT WELL One thing that the attendants did well was to be friendly and courteous with all skaters. Whenever T was around which was quite often, the attendants were helping kids put on their skates for them, talking with parents and even played some games with the skaters. The attendants were very firm with the skaters. They did not allow the skaters to get the best of them. It took some encouragement but once it was through to the attendants, they were keeping the buildings clean. They were good in letting the supervisor know of any problems occuring, for example a hockey board isn't ingood condition, accurate accident reports and anything damaging to the warming house. The attendants madethe Kid-Naper Activity Day at the rink a big success, regard- less of the poor weather we had. PROBLEMS DURING THE SEASON The problems that occurred were the caase ❑f the supervisor not stressing what should be done about them at the weekly braff meetings. The supervisor did not use the weekly staff meeting the way 2t was supposed to be used. Attendants did not clear the skating areas during the light snow fall. Attendants did not keep track of their shovels, scrapers and brooms. Problem for the first part of the season was the use of our alternates, scheduling being mixed up. The supervisor not knowing who worked, when and where. Supervisor caught that problem and soon corrected it. WHAT CHANCES COULD BE MADE Being that this is the first year the supervisor ever ran an ice skating rink program, he really couldn't see any changes needed. Maybe if he were to be the supervisor for a couple of seasons, he could see some changes to make.