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Memorandum To: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director Date: July 8, 2020 Subject: Director’s Report This report is a monthly highlight of department activities related to recent collaborations, strategic planning, staff changes/developments, and park operations. Recreation Employee Positions The Recreation Division will be losing two employees with 80 hours of weekly programming work - Steve Benoit and Tim Dalton. Tim is transitioning into his new position as the Multipurpose Facility Superintendent. Tim’s current programming assignments include outdoor ice rink attendants, adult softball, adult volleyball, Eager Elks, Summer Sports Camps, Open Gym, Playground Enrichment, Contracted Sports. We may want to review some of these programming services, re-assign them to other staff, or hire a replacement for Tim. We are transitioning the youth association field scheduling responsibilities and major park use requests to Karen Wingard. These have been some of Steve Benoit’s main responsibilities. We feel this will work for the summer as Karen is no longer organizing Elk RiverFest and has more part time assistance with the Farmers Market. She has also taken on the city’s volunteer program which Steve was previously doing. The volunteer program may be placed on a temporary hold to decrease Karen’s responsibilities if the demands of the youth organizations continue to increase. Karen is on payroll as a 32-hour per week employee. The Tuesday adult softball program supervised by Tim Dalton will become the responsibility of a seasonal employee under Tim’s supervision. This program is starting later because of COVID-19 and they will have their full season going into the fall. The more competitive Monday adult softball program has been cancelled due to low interest. YAC improvement projects The YAC dugout project is currently underway. We are also working on installing protective netting for the new playground. Item: 10