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Page 3 Recreation Board Agenda Memo June 2 , 1988 Regarding an advisory versus an independent Park and Recreation Commission, I believe that our ordinance has been set up for the establishment of an independent commission, but the City Council now desires an advisory commission. In this regard, the Park and Recreation Commission would function in an identical manner as the Planning Commission, whereas they have no authority to make final decisions, but are strictly a recommending agency. Attached for your information are the Park and Recreation Commission ordinances from the City of Brooklyn Park, the City of Lake Elmo, the City of Rockford, the City of Excelsior, the City of Fosston, the City of North St. Paul , the City of Shoreview, the City of Princeton, and the City of Woodbury. I don't think that the Recreation Board has to review in detail every one of these ordinances, but I believe the attachments should provide the Recreation Board with an idea on the variety and types of Ordinances that exist. I believe that an Elk River Ordinance can be relatively brief and to the point, but should include the standard major components of all of the ordinances. These major components include a statement of purpose; membership; meeting dates; powers and duties; effective date; terms and compensation; vacancies; etc. Prior to the Staff working on such an ordinance, I would like to receive some input from the Recreation Board on . any particular sections they feel are especially relevant or examples from the attachments that are especially appropriate to be used in a City of Elk River Park and Recreation Commission Ordinance. Item 5 .5 - PARK AND RECREATION FINANCIAL UPDATE Attached for your information are the Recreation and Parks Departmental Budgets from the 1988 City General Fund Budget and the Parks , Recreation, and Park Dedication Audit pages from the 1987 City Audit. The Parks Budget is relatively straight forward and easy to compare to the audit. The 1987 adopted Parks Budget called for expenditures in the amount of $42,200. According to the Audit, the actual amount spent was $36 ,144 . The 1987 audited figures are somewhat deceiving as a large part of the Street Crew's time that was devoted to the parks (approximately $12 ,000 worth of salaries) was allocated against the LAWCON grant for the Lions Park . That is why, despite only $8,650 showing up in the audit as actual salary expenditures for parks, that in the 1988 City Budget, we increased the Street Crew time dedicated toward parks from 11% to 15% . You should also note that the $13,500 Capital Outlay expense was a "paper shuffle" and was an Electric Utility donation to the parks. The comparison of the City General Fund Recreation Budget to the Audit figures is more difficult to explain, therefore, I have asked the Finance 0 Director, Lori Johnson, to provide some comments on the 1987 audited park dedication and recreation figures.