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Option 3: Unified entity—Municipalities/townships and School District <br /> • Goal: <br /> Provide a single jointly sponsored public agency which provides coordinated educational, <br /> recreational, social and cultural programming for residents of all ages in the most cost effective <br /> way while avoiding/reducing duplication. <br /> Details: <br /> •School District continues as fiscal agent. Providing Community Education services since <br /> 1976. <br /> 'History of successful collaborative projects. <br /> •Qualified professional staff. <br /> •CE Administrator provides administrative functions for the joint program. Administrative fee to <br /> be negotiated (flexible). <br /> •Retain current Community Recreation staff and add another programming staff. Staff report <br /> to CE Administrator. <br /> •Municipal/township partners pay costs of programmer and clerical salary and annual admin. <br /> fee. <br /> •Revenues and expenses for program activities are all handled through the fiscal agent <br /> (school district). Revenues create fund balance--a factor in subsequent year's financial <br /> participation. <br /> Governance: <br /> "Administration rep. from each community together with CE Director and recreation staff <br /> • develop annual budget/plan. <br /> *Each member community appoints representatives to the CE Advisory Council to provide <br /> program planning input and direction (membership could come from current park and <br /> recreation commissions or from general citizenry or from elected council members). <br /> Outcomes: <br /> •Unified sense of department--all member communities are joint partners in all that appears in <br /> the brochure---Community Education, ECFE and Recreation programs. <br /> 'Duplication is eliminated. <br /> •All partners get credit and visibility for providing good, solid, quality programs in the joint <br /> brochure. <br /> •A seamless system for customers--they want quality programs and tend not to care who <br /> provides what. Easier for customers. <br /> •Very cost effective--potentially less costly than current arrangement. <br /> •Turf issues disappear. <br /> •Volunteer youth athletic programs benefit by participation of several cities, townships and the <br /> school district in the same organization--fewer contacts needed for field maintenance issues, <br /> etc. <br /> •Opportunity for comparable fee structure among all youth programs--recreation and <br /> community education. <br /> • <br />