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o i <br /> 5 <br /> Page 3 of 7 <br /> RPAC COMMENTS: We have an obligation to protect the county' s <br /> recreation and parks facilities and assets within <br /> those facilities. (One Council member had a <br /> question about the county' s liability if we do not <br /> provide staff during reserved use -- does the <br /> absence of staff affect our fire or damage <br /> insurance rate? ) Our four municipalities and two <br /> school systems should be able to reserve and use <br /> the recreation and park facilities at no charge, <br /> since there are many cooperative ventures (with no <br /> exchange of fees) with the towns and the schools in <br /> leisure programming and recreation/park service <br /> provision. <br /> STAFF INFORMATION: In the six-month period from July to December 1992 , <br /> the hours of reserved non-recreation and parks department use of these <br /> indoor facilities were as follows: <br /> Non-County County Department <br /> Department Use Use <br /> Central Recreation Center 46 hours 67 hours <br /> Northern Recreation Center 93 6 <br /> Homestead Community Center 66 404 <br /> Efland-Cheeks Community Center 134 39 <br /> TOTALS: 339 hours 516 hours <br /> At a $6.00 per hour direct staff cost ($ 5.00 wage + FICA) for non- <br /> county department use, the county' s expenditure for these six months <br /> (as proposed) would have been $ 2,034. As recommended, this cost would <br /> be entirely off-set by the fee paid by the organization at the time of <br /> the reservation, except for those costs incurred for municipality and <br /> school use. Although the reserved use by the towns and school systems <br /> are minimal now, it is expected that school use of our recreation and <br /> park facilities will increase in the up-coming years as both our <br /> organizations continue to seek to maximize the use of existing <br /> facilities. <br />