[1. Roll Call.]
[2. Discussion of the FY 2022 Budget:]
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OKAY.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JUST TEXT JULIE AND JOSH TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AT WHAT THEY NEED TO LOG ON.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THERE WE GO.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HEY SORRY I HAD TO REBOOT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ALL RIGHT, JOSH WILL BE VALID IN RIGHT NOW.
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ALL RIGHT. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOSH IS THAT YOU.
JOSH COHN, MAYOR: THAT IS ME.
JOSH COHN, MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SORRY TO HOLD THINGS UP ALRIGHT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOE DO YOU WANT TO DO A.
ROLL CALL CALL.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SURE COUNCILMAN GODDARD.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN MECCA.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN SOUZA.
HERE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: COUNCILMAN STACKS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOUR MAYOR COMB.
JOSH COHN, MAYOR: HERE OKAY.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, THE FIRST OF TWO WORKSHOPS ON THE PROPOSED.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUDGET, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, TWO WEEKS AGO, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO IT'S POSTED ONLINE, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY AND THE PRESENTATION.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FROM FROM JOE'S WELL JOE'S BUDGET PRESENTATION AT THE SAME COUNCIL MEETING SO.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOE YOU'RE YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, GREAT SO I BELIEVE WE'RE STARTING TONIGHT WITH THE RIFLING READING ROOM THEIR BUDGET CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE THREE DASH 152 OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT I'M.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NOT A LOT HERE, OTHER THAN THAT THE 2022 PROPOSED FUNDING IS WHAT THE LIBRARY HAD REQUESTED FROM US $1,335,000 UP FROM $1,315,000 LAST YEAR.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WITH THAT I BELIEVE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS SHOEMAKER.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND LET HIM DO A PRESENTATION.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU, JOE GOOD EVENING.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY IT'S A PLEASURE TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TONIGHT BOTH WAVING TO YOU ACROSS THE GREEN GREG AND TO EVERYONE ELSE AT HOME, AND THANK YOU FOR.
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CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE CHANCE TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACCOMPLISHING IN 2022 TONIGHT I'M JOINED BY KATHLEEN REGAL HELPED THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND OUR TREASURER TED BERDYCH. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND AND DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE MY SCREEN LET'S LET'S DO THE ZOOM GAME.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE YOU DO PERFECT THERE WE GO.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: UM SO JUST A QUICK GRAPHIC SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN DOING OVER THIS LAST.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: CHUNK OF TIME AND FOR FOR 2020.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: DESPITE SOME CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OVER 11,000 PROGRAM ATTENDEES AT THE LIBRARY.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND WE WERE WE HAD ALMOST 40,000 DIGITAL DOWNLOADS THAT WAS ABOUT A 37% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THOSE 40,000 DIGITAL USES SAW ABOUT 429 NEW ACCOUNTS CREATED WITH THE LIBRARY EXPRESSLY FOR DIGITAL CONTENT AND WE HAD 458 NEW MEMBERS JOIN.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE LIBRARY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NEW YORK ON PAUSE IN 2020 WE WORKED HARD TO DELIVER CARDS TO ALL OF OUR ONLINE APPLICANTS, EVEN IF WAS JUST.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: MAILING BARCODE SO THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE LIBRARY RESOURCES, ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO REOPEN OUR DOORS.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE HAD OVER 51,000 CURBSIDE DELIVERIES AND WE WERE ABLE TO FULLY REOPEN THE DOORS TO PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE BUILDING, STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2020 WE HAD JUST ABOUT 39,000 PEOPLE CROSS THE THRESHOLD AND WE HAD ABOUT 64,000 PEOPLE VISITING US ONLINE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: OVER 400 ACTIVITY KITS WERE DISTRIBUTED EACH MONTH DURING THE COURSE OF MARCH TO DECEMBER, PROVIDING FAMILIES LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND CRAFT PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH SCHOOL LEARNING AND AFTER SCHOOL TIME WHEN WE COULD NOT HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE GATHERED WITHIN THE BUILDING.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ABOUT OUR TOTAL ABOUT 100,000 ITEMS CIRCULATED IN TOTAL, AND THAT INCLUDES THE DIGITAL CONTENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT MOST OF OUR COLLECTION INVESTMENT TO THOSE DIGITAL RESOURCES, SIMPLY BECAUSE BOOK ORDERING WAS NOT FEASIBLE AT THAT TIME.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED 700 PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND WE CREATED OVER 100 HOURS OF ON DEMAND PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THROUGH THE LIBRARY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND ON DEMAND THROUGH ZOOM SO THAT THEY COULD REVISIT THEIR FAVORITE STORY TIMES, NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT WAS OR WHAT ELSE WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE WORLD.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK OF THE RIFE READING ROOM STAFF AS WE.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: REIMAGINE WHAT A LIBRARY COULD BE AND HAVE CONTINUED TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF 2021.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REBOUND IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE BUILDING.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU TO MAYOR CONE FOR BEING OUR PRONOUNCER AT OUR CITIES ARE AT OUR SPELLING BEE JUST LAST WEEK, NOT TOO MANY FISH WORDS THIS TIME AROUND.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK GOODNESS, BUT EVEN BEFORE JUST COMING INTO THIS MEETING I, I THINK WE HAVE A CROWD OF ABOUT 40 TEENAGERS STUDYING IN VARIOUS SPOTS ACROSS THE LIBRARY, WHICH WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO AS LAST SEP TEMBER.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: OUR CIRCULATION IS CONTINUING TO CLIMB, WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE AT JUST UNDER OUR.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: NUMBERS AT THE END OF 2021 IN TERMS OF BOTH DOOR COUNT REFERENCE QUESTIONS AND ITEMS CIRCULATED.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: I AM PLEASED THAT THE RIDE FREE READING ROOM IS IN THE TOP 10 OF PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ACROSS THE WEST, THE 38 MEMBER LIBRARIES FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THAT IS DESPITE BEING IN THE.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: LOWER PORTION OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF WESTCHESTER, WE ARE ALSO IN THE TOP 10 OF REFERENCE QUESTIONS ASKED PER CAPITA SO EACH YEAR THE LIBRARY ANSWERS.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ABOUT TWO AND A THIRD QUESTIONS FROM EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN TOWN, WHICH IS AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER CONSIDERING SOME OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT BEAT US HAVE MUCH SMALLER POPULATIONS.
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CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND SO I WILL SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE GRAPHIC SO YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THE BREAKDOWN OF FUNDING FOR.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: OUR FUNDING REQUEST WHICH THE CITY HAS FILLED ALLOWS US TO SUSTAIN OUR SEVEN DAY SERVICE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR BUILDING AND OUR COLLECTIONS.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THAT IS.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ESPECIALLY CRITICAL AFTER THE EVENTS OF IDA I'M PLEASED THAT THE CHILDREN'S ROOM HAS BEEN ABLE TO REOPEN WE'VE BEEN WELCOMING FAMILIES IN AS OF MONDAY.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY REWARDING TO SEE PEOPLE COMING BACK INTO THE SPACE AND TELLING US HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THEM THAT THEY CAN BRING THEIR CHILDREN IN TO BROWSE FOR BOOKS AND ATTEND PROGRAMS AGAIN.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO KATHLEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS GOOD EVENING EVERYONE IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT THE RIGHT FREE READING ROOM IS THE PRESIDENT OF LIBRARIES BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: SO, CHRIS HAS ALREADY SHARED WITH US SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC AND SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AFTER THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'RE REALLY SO PLEASED TO BE MOVING EVERY DAY TOWARD MORE ROBUST SERVICES WELCOMING EVEN MORE RESIDENTS TO OUR PROGRAMS FOR BOOKS AND TO ENGAGE AS A COMMUNITY IN THE SHARED SPACE.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: AT THE RISK OF EMBARRASSING CHRIS I WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIS AND THE STAFF OF THE LIBRARY, WHO MET THE CHALLENGES OF THE PAST 18 MONTHS WITH.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: I WILL SAY EXTRAORDINARY CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND REALLY A DEEP COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: THEY SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED EVER CHANGING HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOUND WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LIBRARY SERVICES THAT BECAME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS WE WERE ALL LOCKED AT HOME.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: THEY BALANCED SAFETY AND SERVICE AND REALLY WORK TIRELESSLY TIRELESSLY TO MEET OUR NEEDS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS THEY'VE DEFINITELY MANAGED TO CONTINUE SERVICE TO OUR YOUNGEST PATRONS.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES AND WORK TO RESTORE THE CHILDREN'S ROOM AFTER THE DEVASTATING FLOODS BROUGHT BY HURRICANE IDA SO I JUST WANT TO SAY.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CHRIS AND HIS TEAM, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF THE LIBRARIES AUXILIARY BOARD WHO STEPPED UP NOT ONLY TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: BUT ALSO LED EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE CHILDREN'S ROOM FOLLOWING THE FLOODING, I WANT TO THANK THE SCORES OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARRIVED AT THE LIBRARY MERE HOURS AFTER THE STORM TO ASSIST WITH CLEANUP.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: RECORDED THE BOOKS THAT WE HAVE LOST, SO THAT WE COULD REPLACE THEM.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: PROVIDED TABLES FANS SHOP BACKS AND MORE AND REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING SO MANY PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED LOSSES OF THEIR OWN GAVE GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: I WILL JUST ADD TO CHRIS'S TESTIMONY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD IS FOCUSED ON IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: WE'RE INVESTING TIME TO REVIEW OUR GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS AND UPDATE IMPORTANT LIBRARY POLICIES.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: WE'RE EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES THAN THE ONES WE CURRENTLY OFFER TO GAUGE WHETHER WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DIGITAL SERVICES TO PATRONS.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, GIVEN THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY POST FLOOD TO ENGAGE WITH PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS AND SPACE PLANNERS WITH TWO IMPORTANT GOALS IN MIND.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: FIRST, IS TO MITIGATE FUTURE FLOODING AND THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE CHILDREN'S ROOM AND IT'S WELL USED COLLECTIONS.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: AND SECOND TO ELEVATE THIS IN DEMAND SPACE TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND BRING THEM UP TO PAR WITH LEAP LIBRARIES IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: SO I'D LIKE TO CLOSE BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY I KNOW IT'S VOLUNTEER ROLES AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT.
KATHLEEN RIEGELHAUPT, RFRR: AND WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY HELPS TO ENSURE THAT OUR DOORS REMAIN OPEN AND THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN CAN JOIN US, EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT OF TIMES, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE TO SAY, LIKE BACK CATCH UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT KATHLEEN, AND THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ROLE FOR YOU AS WELL, AND IT'S.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND I KNOW HOW MUCH CARE, SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FOR KEEPING OUR RIDE FREE READING ROOM SO WONDERFUL AND CHRIS YOU DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KATHLEEN BESTOWED AND AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT THANK YOU GUYS ALSO AND JUST SAY IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT, LIKE YOU, GUYS HAVE JUST RECOVERED FROM THE FLOODS. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND OUR BUDGET HAS NO MONEY FOR FLOOD MITIGATION RIGHT NOW PUT IN ANY ANYWHERE, SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FOR YOU GUYS TO SHARE YOUR PLANS FOR MITIGATION AND YOU KNOW WHAT IDEAS YOU HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: UM JOE IF YOU WANT TO JUST REMIND US AGAIN TO RECAP, IN TERMS OF THE YEAR OVER YEAR REQUESTED INCREASE AND.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ANY ANY OTHER FOLKS YOU WANT TO ANY OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO RACE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: UM WELL.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OVER A YEAR OVER YEAR TO $20,000 INCREASE FROM 1,000,003 15 TO 1,000,003 35 LEVEL OF FUNDING WAS MAINTAINED FOR TWO YEARS, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEY DIDN'T GET AN INCREASE LAST YEAR AND.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THIS IS AGAIN SO AFTER THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR SO THEY'VE GOT AN INCREASE THIS YEAR UM DO YOU WANT ANY FURTHER HISTORY ON THE.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ON THE FUNDING OR LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T INCREASE LAST YEAR.
NO.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEY DID NOT, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON LAST YEAR ON THE CITY'S CHALLENGES AS WELL, THEY HELD HELD FLAT TO LAST YEAR.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S RIGHT, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THAT YEAH YEAH I'M LOOKING AT NOW I GET IT YEAH NO I MEAN IT'S I MEAN I GUESS I'LL ASK THE QUESTION, THOUGH I LIKELY KNOW THE ANSWER OF WHAT WHAT THAT DELTA GOES TOWARD JUST FOR PUBLIC EDIFICATION.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT IS A SMALL INCREASE RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL BUDGET, BUT IS THERE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR THAT $20,000 INCREMENTAL ASK.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: SO THAT'LL GO TOWARDS STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFIT COSTS, PRIMARILY, WE FINISHED OUR CONTRACT WITH THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA FOR 2021 THROUGH 2024.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: MIDWAY THROUGH 2021 AND SO NOW HAVE THOSE LABOR COSTS SET FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL WE'RE IN THE FINAL.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WEEKS OR MAYBE EVEN DAYS OF.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FINISHING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE RYE FREE READING ROOM, AS WELL AS THE ART CENTER AND TRANSITIONING THE PUBLIC PORTIONS OF RIGHT TV SO THAT'S THAT IS ALMOST THAT AT COMPLETION AS WELL, SO.
TED BURDICK, RFRR: AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE COLOR ON THAT THE EXPENSES VERSUS THE REVENUE WE'RE REQUESTING I THINK AT 1.5% INCREASE.
TED BURDICK, RFRR: FOR REVENUE AND WHERE ARE THE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE, THE ENDOWMENT IN THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN ARE INCREASING SIX AND 10% AND GENERALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE AVERAGED EXPENSE INCREASE OF JUST AROUND 2% SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN OUR OWN EXPENSES ARE GOING UP.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FANTASTIC THANK YOU.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR FOLLOW UP FOR THE LIBRARY OR FOR STAFF.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOPE GREAT JOB FOLKS THANK YOU RIGHT.
TED BURDICK, RFRR: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THANK.
CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING GREAT PARTNERS IN DELIVERING LIBRARY SERVICE TO TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NEXT, WE HAVE THE BOAT BASIN.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: RODRIGO.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: LEAVE HIS JOB ACORAH WITH.
UP THERE'S JOB AREAS.
RODRIGO PAULINO: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M HERE WITH YOUR CORE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO I GUESS IN YEARS PAST AND FRIDAYS DONE LIKE A QUICK SUMMARY FINANCIAL, FOR YOU KNOW THE FONT THE COST CENTERS THE BOAT BASE CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE EIGHT DASH ONE OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN AND JUST PUT UP BUDGET AS WE SPEAK, LET ME JUST PULL IT UP HERE.
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JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO PAGE EIGHT DASH ONE IS THE BOAT BASIN, IF YOU GO TO PAGE EIGHT DASH FOUR FIVE SORRY IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY I'M GOING TO BLOW THIS UP A BIT HIGH THIS. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO THIS IS THE ONE COST CENTER FOR THE BOAT BASE AND OPERATIONS YEAR OVER YEAR TOTAL EXPENSES ARE PRETTY MUCH FLAT FOR THE BOAT BASE AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS COLUMN OOPS SORRY PAGE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SIX DASH SUB SORRY 648,020 21 VERSES 644,020 22 SALARIES ARE FLAT EQUIPMENT IS UP TO $10,000 JUST LOOKING AT THAT IT'S $10,000 ADDITIONAL DOC WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MATERIAL THERE'S A PRETTY FLAT CONTRACTUAL COSTS ARE FLAT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE DOWN JUST DUE TO A DECREASE IN THE RETIREE HEALTH CARE, AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE GENERAL FUND JUST A DECREASE IN OVERALL CAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OVERALL REVENUES ARE UP ABOUT $50,000 $52,000.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: RODRIGO IF YOU WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH REVENUES AND YOU KNOW I THINK IS SARAH APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING.
RODRIGO PAULINO: YEAH ABSOLUTELY UM FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE BOAT BASIN HAD A GREAT YEAR CONSIDERING THE CURRENT THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WE WERE STILL ABLE TO INCREASE REVENUES COMPARED TO 2020 ALL KEEPING OUR EXPENSES RELATIVELY RELATIVELY FLAT WE GAINED 20 NEW SUPPORTERS HERE, BUT WE ALSO LOST 15 DUE TO THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE MARINA A LITTLE TIRED.
RODRIGO PAULINO: I HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE ONE PLAN INTO 2022 FORECAST BUDGET THAT'S THE GOAL AND URGENT ISSUE, ALTHOUGH WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE REVENUES.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WERE JUST PLAYING SAFE HERE, CONSIDERING, WE STILL HAVE A DREDGE AN ISSUE, AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER SEASON BEFORE WE DREDGE WILL TOUCH BASE AND DREDGING THE FEW MINUTES.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WE HAVE TO GET TO ANOTHER SEASON BEFORE WE DREDGE THE AFTERMATH, ALSO FROM STORM, IT HAS CAUSED THE SOUTH REGION, THE MARINA TO INCREASE DRASTICALLY.
RODRIGO PAULINO: IN SOME AREAS, MAKING THE SLIPS NOW USABLE SOME SLIPS NOW USABLE DURING A LOT OF TIMES UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN 2022 THE DRAGON SITUATION CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN SUPPORTERS FOR 2021 SEASON DO TO MEMBERS HAVING LIMITED ACCESS TO EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
RODRIGO PAULINO: HEAD INTO 2022 LISTINGS RETURNED TO NORMAL, WE ARE FACED WITH THE ISSUE OF POTENTIAL LOOSENS STEPFATHERS DUTY UNDER DUE TO THE ONGOING DRAGON ISSUE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU KNOW THAT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD IN 2021 BUT FOCUS ON THE ATTICS ASSESS AND 2022 TO SOLVE OUR FOR URGENT ISSUE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: THEN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: 2022 FORECAST BUDGET I KNOW WE WENT A LITTLE BIT LOWER BUT AGAIN WE'RE REALLY BEING UNSAFE SIDE, AND THEN I CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE CORE AS WELL, YOU WANTED TO MENTION A FEW WORDS.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: RODRIGO, AND THIS IS A HOBBY FOR YOU SOME COMBINATION OF YOU AND JOE JUST AS A CLARIFICATION FOR THE COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST IN TERMS OF MORE IN REVENUE IN THE BASIN AREA AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FORWARD.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE A CORE ME SORRY.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, LIKE IT COULD BE EITHER ONE OF YOU MET JOE FOR XENA OR OR RODRIGO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY FINISH UP WHERE WE WERE, LET ME JUST SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE BOTTOM LINE HERE FOR THE BOAT BASE AND SOME OTHER QUICK ITEMS. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TO THIS AGAIN SHE'S A HALF OKAY SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A $217,000 PROFIT FOR THE BOAT BASIN IN.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ALSO OF NOTE A 480 $2,000 PROFIT IN 2021.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WITH DEPRECIATION TAKING OUT OF THE EQUATION, AS IT IS A NON CASH EXPENDITURE, THE BOAT BASIN WOULD BE AT A NET INCOME OF 240 8000 FOR 2022.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BASED ON THE 2021 PROJECTIONS THE BOAT BASIN WILL HAVE UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS OF $2.9 MILLION AT THE END OF 2021 COUPLED WITH THE ADDITIONAL 248 THAT WE'RE ADDING YOU WOULD BE OVER CLOSE TO $3.1 MILLION IN 2022.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND JUST ONE NOTE CITY DID TAKE $20,000 OR MORE IN FEES I'M SORRY IN 2021 AND GIVE IT TO THE GENERAL FUND, THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT BUDGETING THAT WAY, ALL OF THE MORNING FEES ARE GOING TO THE BOAT BASIN.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO RODRIGO OR GREG.
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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OR JOE. RODRIGO PAULINO: YEAH NO, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW I SHOULD NOTE WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR WE PLAN ON CONTINUING THAT.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO RAISE RATES TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE WHICH I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT WE HAVE DONE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: WE'VE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM FROM GREG THE CITY STAFF, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PUT AWAY AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE, TO THE TO THE TO THE FUN THAT A DREDGING FUN NEXT YEAR, AS WE DID THIS YEAR.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT JOE HOW HOW IMPORTANT HIS CAREFREE BOAT CLUB BECOME TO THE BOAT BASIN.
RODRIGO PAULINO: UM IT'S IT'S A GOOD SOURCE OF REVENUE, YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEY PAY OUT OF TOWN RATES VERSUS YOU KNOW RESIDENT RATES IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM HERE, BUT WE ARE MAKING A NICE PROFIT FROM THEM AT THIS POINT.
RODRIGO PAULINO: SO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HOW MANY SLIPS TODAY OCCUPY.
RODRIGO PAULINO: THE STATE ALTOGETHER.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE WE SEEING THE USAGE THAT I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD MORE DEMAND THAN SUPPLY AND YOU KNOW.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TWO SEASONS AGO AND, LIKE SORT OF THE FIRST COVEN WAVE, HAVE WE DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE AT THIS LEVEL OR INCREASE ARE THEY STARTING TO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES.
RODRIGO PAULINO: I THINK THEY'RE MAXED OUT AT THIS LOCATION, I KNOW THEY OPENED UP ONE IN NEW ROCHELLE ON LAST I HEARD FROM THEM, HE WANTED TO STAY STEADY AT THE EIGHT BOATS, I THINK THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
RODRIGO PAULINO: NEXT YEAR THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS YEAR IS ADD AN OFFICE UPLOAD AN OFFICE IN THE WATER FOR THEM, THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, THIS YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW THE OFFICE NEVER CAME.
RODRIGO PAULINO: UP SO THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, SO I GUESS THAT'S TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED THE MAIN SLIP ALTHOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE AN OFFICE UPLOAD AN OFFICE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: UM SO THEY PLAN TO STAYING STEADY ON EACH THEY THINK THAT IT'S PLENTY FOR THIS AREA, AND THEY DO HAVE A WAITLIST I BELIEVE FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY AND I THINK THERE ARE THIS YEAR THEY HAD A WE LIST AS WELL EARLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR YOU KNOW GO.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION IS THE IS THE I'M SORRY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS BEFORE THEY WERE ONLY CHARGING THEM SLIP ARE WE GETTING SOME SORT OF REV SHARE AS WELL.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOW THE WAY WHEN JULIE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OR LAST YEAR.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY NEGOTIATED A LONG TERM CONTRACT WITH WITH CARE, FREE TO OPERATE AT THE BOAT BASIN THERE'S A BASE RENT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: RODRIGO OF 10,000 A YEAR IS THAT RIGHT YEAH SO THERE'S A BASE AROUND 10,000 A YEAR, PLUS THEY PAY FOR NON RESIDENT SLIPS FOR WHATEVER THE NUMBER OF SLIPS THAT THEY TAKE SO THERE'S NOT A REVENUE SHARE, BUT THERE IS THAT BASE RENT PLUS THAT THAT INCOME FROM THE NON RESIDENT SLIPS.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THAT'S A RODRIGO DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE TERM WAS OF THE OF THE OF THE LEASE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: I THOUGHT WE KIND OF COOL TO LIKE A COMMERCIAL USE FEET GET CORRECT CORRECT, I MEAN THAT WAS OUR BASIS FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS TEAM.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS, I WANT TO SAY IT'S HAD FIVE YEARS.
RODRIGO PAULINO: FIVE FIVE RIGHT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GUYS ARE RIGHT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME I WAS LIKE JUST THIS COUNTLESS COMMERCIAL USE CAN CAN WE GO BACK TO ARMY CORPS AND GET DREDGING UP.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH THAT'S RIGHT OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING I GOT A LITTLE HAZY THANK YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY WELL THANKS, VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK AND THE POSITIVE NEWS MUCH APPRECIATED.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, BASICALLY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GREAT PROJECT TO WORK ON TOGETHER IN IN THE FUTURE.
RODRIGO PAULINO: SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THANKS HEY SO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NEXT STEP WOULD BE RECREATION SALLY ROBO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SAW YOU OUT THERE.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NEXT SECTION THREE RIGHT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO, RECREATION I'M JUST PULLING UP MY BUDGET DOCUMENT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WITH START ON PAGE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ONE SECOND.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: READ ASH 56.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, I HAVE CREATED A SPREADSHEET THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES SALLY'S.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NET COST RECOVERY CALL CENTERS IT'S NOT REALLY FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IS THERE, OTHER THINGS INCLUDED SOMETIMES LIKE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SE CONSORTIUM THINGS THAT HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE CALCULATION, SO I THINK WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, SO I PREPARED IT JUST KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THESE OF THE COST CENTERS THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT WHEN CALCULATING COST RECOVERY SO AGAIN I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN.
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JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE IN A SECOND. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE WE GO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO THESE ARE THE COST CENTERS THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT AND SUMMARIZED.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAR OVER YEAR BUDGET TO BUDGET WE ARE BASICALLY FLAT IT'S ABOUT A $12,000 DIFFERENCE OVERALL.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'M SORRY AND THE NET COSTS ACTUALLY OVERALL IS ABOUT $7,000 LESS THAN THE BUDGET.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AS WE SPOKE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW NOT HAVING A FULL FULL ON CAMP, YOU KNOW THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE DID, I THINK WE OPERATED A HALF.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HALF CAPACITY FOR CAMP THIS YEAR AND EVEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WE WERE ABOUT $44,000 MORE OF A COST THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED WHICH IS IS SAYING A LOT FOR THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND SELLING AND RUN FOR THE YEAR.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO REAL QUICK I'LL JUST KIND OF GO OVER BUDGET TO BUDGET NUMBERS AND THEN SALLY CAN GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRAMS AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN 2022.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: JUST TO SAY BOTH OF THESE BUDGETS ASSUME THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF CAMP, YOU KNOW, DURING COVE EIGHT AND 2020 WE WEREN'T SURE HOW TO BUDGET WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN TERMS OF WHAT PROGRAMS WOULD BE OFFERED IN 21 BUT WE KIND OF KEPT WITH THE MODULE AS IF THE NET COST ACTUALLY IN 2020 WAS LESS THAN WE HAD BUDGETED FOR, SO WE WERE COMFORTABLE GOING WITH THE SAME TYPE OF THAT COST TO THE CITY.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO OVERALL REVENUES ARE DOWN ABOUT $4,000 IT'S BASICALLY A WASH.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUT TWO THINGS TO NOTE WE RECORD, WE HAVE INCREASED CAMP REVENUES BY ABOUT $50,000 FOR TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCREASE IN.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SALARIES TO THE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES RUNNING THE CAMP IN TERMS OF AND SADLY I'LL GET INTO THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THOSE SALARIES.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO THAT $50,000 OFFSET BY THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT GOING TO AIR AN OVERALL NET REVENUE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND WE'LL GET WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO SO OVERALL THE REVENUE IS FLAT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SALARIES AND WAGES ARE UP ABOUT 4.5% OR $63,000 MOST OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO WHAT I JUST SPOKE UP REGARDING THE SEASONAL STAFF AND SALARIES TO PAY THEM SALARY AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SALLY ROGOL: SO MINIMUM WAGE, AS OF.
SALLY ROGOL: DECEMBER 31 OF THIS YEAR, IT GOES FROM 14 TO $15 AN HOUR.
SALLY ROGOL: TO STAY COMPETITIVE AND EVEN FIND STAFF WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT EVEN IN SUMMER CAMP, THOUGH, WE NEED TO YOU KNOW BE COMPETITIVE AND HAVING THAT AS OUR BASE SALARY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR REGULAR PROGRAMS DURING THE YEAR WHEN WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER.
SALLY ROGOL: $15 DOESN'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET $22 TO BABYSIT.
SALLY ROGOL: SO IT'S HARD TO ATTRACT KIDS TO WORK IN RECREATION AND NOT AT LEAST BE AT THAT MINIMUM WAGE POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT SUMMER CAMP, PARTICULARLY.
SALLY ROGOL: WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE, BECAUSE WE'RE CONSIDERED A SEASONAL RECREATION FACILITY, BEING A MUNICIPALITY, BUT EVERY OTHER CLUB AND PRIVATE ENTITY WHICH THERE ARE MANY THAT WERE IN COMPETITION WITH.
SALLY ROGOL: ALL PAY MINIMUM WAGE OR, BETTER, SO WE REALLY FELT THAT WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT PARTICULAR PART OF OUR BUDGET AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE OFFSET THAT BY ALSO INCREASING CAMP FEES AND THE LIKE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE EQUIPMENT IS UP ABOUT $50,000 A LITTLE LESS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT'S BASICALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST INCREASES IN CERTAIN ITEMS FENCES ENGAGES UP $10,000 TENNIS COURT IMPROVEMENTS IS 10,000 WE HAVE A NEW.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: EXPENSE NEXT YEAR FOR THE AMPHITHEATER SO I DIDN'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS AN ANNUAL COST OR IS THAT, LIKE A ONE TIME COST FOR THE AMPHITHEATER NEXT YEAR.
SALLY ROGOL: AND I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT LOOKS LIKE AN AUDIO AND VISUAL EQUIPMENT.
SALLY ROGOL: OH, THAT WOULD BE A ONE TIME EXPENSE.
SALLY ROGOL: THAT'S A ONE TIME EXPENSE SORRY.
YEP.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES IS UP $13,000 WHICH IS 4% I THINK IT'S JUST ATTRIBUTED TO INCREASE COSTS OF DIFFERENT ITEMS ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF SUPPLIES.
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JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL COSTS ARE DOWN 75,000 AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE NET REVENUE PROGRAM SO THE REVENUES WERE DOWN, BUT SO AS THE EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND TAXES AND BENEFITS ARE DOWN ABOUT $54,000 AS WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT WITH YOU KNOW, DURING MY PRESENTATION. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CONTRIBUTION TO NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR DOWN WE ACTUALLY RECLASSIFIED SOME OF THE DP W EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IN SALLY'S BUDGET TO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: RYAN'S BUDGETS SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE NEXT BOOK PUBLIC HEARING AND A COUPLE, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG ITEMS THAT CAUSED THE TAX BENEFITS TO BE DOWN ABOUT $54,000 OVERALL.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS LINE HERE THE EXPENSE RECOVERY TRADITIONALLY WE GO IN WITH ABOUT A 37% BUDGET, YOU KNOW WE HOPE TO DO BETTER IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST ACTUAL FULL YEAR.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU CAME IN AND 39% AND IF THAT 40% IS THE MAGIC NUMBER THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WAS YOU KNOW.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW JUST AN ANOMALY IN TERMS OF THAT NUMBER THIS YEAR AGAIN WITH CAMP REVENUES DOWN THE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THIS KIND OF IS OUT OF WHACK AS WELL, SO WE'RE HOPING NEXT YEAR TO KIND OF GET BACK ON TRACK IN TERMS OF THIS TO LOOK AT THIS KIND OF DATA, AND YOU KNOW 2022 WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME WE CAN REALLY KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JUST JUST AS A REMINDER.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING FROM A REVENUE MODEL CAMP IS WHAT REALLY DRIVES WRECK FROM A COST RECOVERY STANDPOINT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW WHICH SALLY'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MULTITUDE OF THOSE THEY'RE NOT BIG DOLLAR ACTIVITIES SMALLER GROUPS, MANY OF THEM, BUT SMALLER GROUPS IT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY CAMP.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND SO, WITH CAMP BEING NON EXISTENT LAST YEAR AND MODIFIED THIS YEAR THAT REALLY AFFECTED THE FINANCIAL MODEL FOR WRECK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OUR HOPE AND OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT CAMP RETURNS TO A MORE TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEREFORE WE WOULD EXPECT BETTER FINANCIAL RESULTS, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, I THINK THE WILD CARD CONTINUES TO BE.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SEASONAL SEASONAL EXPENSE RELATED TO TO SALARIES, WE WANT TO, AS I SAID IN MY BUDGET MESSAGE WE WANT TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO RECOVER ALL OF OUR COST IN CAMP AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING VERY MINDFUL THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO BE COST COMPETITIVE WHEN IT RELATES TO OTHER SIMILAR CAMPS AND PROGRAMS. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO IT'S TRYING TO FIND THAT THAT BALANCE BUT YOU KNOW CAMP REALLY DOES DRIVE THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR FOR FOR RECREATION.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I, AND I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT, WITH THE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THE REC CAMPUS I MEAN THE.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THAT, HOPEFULLY, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE START TO COME OUT HOPEFULLY HAVE COVEN AND PEOPLE CAN.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW ASSEMBLE AGAIN THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW WE'LL START TO SEE SOME MORE RENTAL BUSINESS OF THE YOU KNOW THE PAVILIONS AND AND WHATNOT TOO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN IT'S IT'S LARGELY THE CAMPUSES IT'S A DRIVER HERE, BUT I DO THINK THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE SAID IT BEFORE I DON'T STOP SAYING IT WITH WHAT YOU KNOW SALLY AND AARON AND RYAN AND TEAM HAVE DONE AT REC IS JUST IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S REMARKABLE IT'S JUST REALLY AGAIN, YOU KNOW JUST SUCH A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY I LOVE DRIVING BY THEIR DEBUT EVERY DAY WHEN I TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THAT AMPHITHEATRE IS ME AND SALLY MIDDLING WANTS TO HAVE FIFTH GRADE GRADUATION AND THE AMPHITHEATRE LIKE IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE RIGHT IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT SO I JUST I LOVE THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE IMPROVEMENTS JUST THAT WE IN REALLY TRYING TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN BETTER PLACE FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THAT'S.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S YOU SALLY THAT'S RYAN THAT'S AARON SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU JULIE.
SALLY ROGOL: SO I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN.
SALLY ROGOL: AND WE'RE GOOD.
SALLY ROGOL: OKAY, SO.
SALLY ROGOL: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SALLY ROGOL: THANK YOU ABOUT OUR 2022 BUDGET AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE IN THE PAST YEAR.
SALLY ROGOL: AND YOU KNOW WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR WELL ACTUALLY BEFORE I GET THERE, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANT TO THANK MY RECOGNITION.
SALLY ROGOL: BART DENARO HIS CHAIR FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THROUGH ALL THESE TRYING TIMES I HAVE A TERRIFIC RECREATION TEAM LED BY AARON MAN'S OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GREG BEEN RICKY DURANGO SAMANTHA GRAZIOLI AND THE ADDITION OF JEN PERRY, WHO IS DEALING WITH OUR SENIORS.
SALLY ROGOL: AND OBVIOUSLY EVERY OTHER SUPPORT STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUR INSTRUCTORS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT AND.
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SALLY ROGOL: SO JUST KIND OF GET INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE WERE STILL IN REDUCED PROGRAMMING. SALLY ROGOL: WE WERE STILL VIRTUAL FOR SOME THINGS WE WERE IN PERSON FOR OTHERS, BUT STAFF CONTINUE TO PUT OUT QUALITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, KEEPING IN MIND.
SALLY ROGOL: ALL THE PREVENTATIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES THAT WE CAN SEND CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME.
SALLY ROGOL: AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO OPEN UP OUR OUTDOOR RESTROOMS ARE PICKING A FACILITIES.
SALLY ROGOL: WE'RE STILL SORT OF IN A STATE OF CONSTRUCTION ZONE BUT, AS THIS YEAR WENT ON IT OPENED UP, WE WERE ABLE TO START RENTING OUT OUR FACILITIES.
SALLY ROGOL: AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT SUMMER CAMP DID RETURN IN 2020 WE DIDN'T HOST SUMMER CAMP, WE JUST HOSTED A LOT OF.
SALLY ROGOL: ONE WEEK SMALL BASED PROGRAMS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH CANDY CAMP AND OUR DAY CAMP, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RUN CAMP 78, WHICH IS ALL TRAVEL BASED PROGRAM BE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RESTRICTIONS.
SALLY ROGOL: WE'VE ERRANDS AMAZING AT PROGRAMMING AND WITH HER AND THE STAFF, THE AMOUNT OF INNOVATIVE NEW PROGRAMS BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE NOW REALLY HELP US EXPAND OUR BUSINESS AND BRING MORE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE.
SALLY ROGOL: WE HAVE NEW PARTNERSHIP SAID FIVE YEARS AGO, WE MAY NOT HAVE EVER THOUGHT OF COLLABORATING WITH OTHER GROUPS IN TOWN AND YOU KNOW THAT, AGAIN, IS WHAT'S COME OUT OF CODE IS THE SHARING OF THE RESOURCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SALLY ROGOL: ONE THING WE FOUND IN 2020 WAS THAT THE TENNIS RESERVATION SYSTEM THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE WAS NOT.
SALLY ROGOL: ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS, WE FOUND A MUCH BETTER SYSTEM THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE FOR BOTH THE TENNIS AND PICKUP BALL AND WE DID VERY, VERY WELL.
SALLY ROGOL: WITH THAT WAS VERY COST EFFECTIVE AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT IN YEARS TO COME, A SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMMING CAME BACK SLOWLY IN 2020 AND RETURNED.
SALLY ROGOL: EVERY WEEK IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ADDING SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND WE DID BRING ON A PART TIME STAFF TO MANAGE THE THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
SALLY ROGOL: AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WE DO IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THIS MASTER FIELD SCHEDULE THAT ORGANIZES THE USE OF CITY FIELDS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT FIELDS.
SALLY ROGOL: FOR ALL OUR USER AUTHORIZED USER GROUPS BEING RIGHT YOU SOCCER RIGHT YOUTH LACROSSE GIRLS SOFTBALL LITERALLY RIGHT RUGBY BABE RUTH AND OBVIOUSLY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
SALLY ROGOL: AND, IN COMBINATION WITHOUT THE DP W SUPPORT AND THE DP WP OF RECREATION, NONE OF THESE THINGS ACTUALLY CAN HAPPEN.
SALLY ROGOL: AND THAT GOES, OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT TOO, SO YOU KNOW WE WERE WE HAVE A BIG PUZZLE THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SALLY ROGOL: AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND IT'S KIND OF THAT COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF US, AND ALL THESE OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT MAKE US WHAT WE ARE TODAY.
SALLY ROGOL: SO WHAT DID WE DO A 361 PROGRAMS MULTIPLE SESSIONS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WE KEEP ADDING EVERY DAY WE OFFERED OVER 65 PROGRAMS JUST FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION, THE BUSINESS PARTNERS WHICH I WON'T NAME THEM ALL THEY'RE UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
SALLY ROGOL: OUR NEWER ONES WOULD BE A GAME AND SNAP OLOGY AND OUR TENNIS.
SALLY ROGOL: WESTCHESTER WAVE, AND THIS IS HOW WE GROW OUR BUSINESS BACK IN THE DAY AARON AND I DID A PRESENTATION FOR OUR.
SALLY ROGOL: WAS JUST RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS THE PAST THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE, SO I WAS THE PAST AARON'S A PRESENT AND RICKY DRAG ON MY STAFF WITH THE FUTURE.
SALLY ROGOL: AND BACK IN THE DAY I WOULD RUN ALL THESE PROGRAMS MY WHOEVER WAS IN THE POSITION WITH ME AND TODAY WE CAN'T GROW OUR BUSINESS UNLESS WE PARTNER WITH THESE GROUPS THAT GO OUT THERE AND CAN PROVIDE.
SALLY ROGOL: THE EXPERTISE IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN I CAN'T THANK MY STAFF ENOUGH FOR ALWAYS COMING TO THE TABLE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS SO SCHOOL ENDED UP HAVING TO START LATE, A FEW DAYS, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
SALLY ROGOL: NOTIFIED ON A SATURDAY BY WEDNESDAY WE HAD POP UP PROGRAMS RUNNING FOR KIDS.
SALLY ROGOL: IN LIEU OF BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON TIME, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE DO BEST WE FIND THE NEED AND WE REACT TO IT AND WE FIND A SOLUTION FOR IT.
SALLY ROGOL: AND ACROSS THE BOARD MY TEAM IS ALWAYS COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AS WE NEED.
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SALLY ROGOL: SO I'VE LISTED A BUNCH OF THE NEW PROGRAMMING THAT'S NOT ALL OF IT THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHERS THAT. SALLY ROGOL: THAT WE HAVE YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER BACK TO OUR BROCHURES THAT ARE ONLINE UM BUT THE ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW HERE IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING THERE, THERE ARE NEEDS.
SALLY ROGOL: WE WERE RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE NEEDS FROM THE RAYS GROUP WITHIN THE CITY AND WE OFFER THROUGH BACKYARD SPORTS AND.
SALLY ROGOL: INCLUSIVE SOCCER PROGRAM IN OUR NEW BACKYARD THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, WHERE THE VOLLEYBALL COURT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE REC BACK THAT ACTUALLY.
SALLY ROGOL: SIDE PUT ON IT OVER THE FALL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF OUR BACKYARD FOR THEIR BACKYARD SPORTS AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW WE TRY TO REACT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SALLY ROGOL: GREG ALLUDED IN HIS MESSAGE YOU KNOW CAMP IS 50% OF OUR REVENUE OR MORE EVERY YEAR WITHOUT CAMP.
SALLY ROGOL: YOU KNOW, WE JUST IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S THE KIDS WHO ARE WORKING FOR US, OR THE CAMPERS WHO ATTEND SO IN 2022 WE ARE DEFINITELY HOPEFUL THAT.
SALLY ROGOL: CAMP 78 WILL RETURN AS A FOUR WEEK PROGRAM THEY CAMP WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT OUR PARK AND AT RESURRECTION SCHOOL, EVEN WITH ALL OUR IMPROVEMENTS.
SALLY ROGOL: THERE STILL A NEED FOR INDOOR SPACE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL IN A RENOVATION MODE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS, AS WE DID IN YEARS PAST TO SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES, SO WE WILL CONTINUE.
SALLY ROGOL: RENTING FACILITIES AND KITTY CAMP WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AND WE LOVE THE SPACE AT CHRIST CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE AT CHRIST CHURCH AND HOPE THAT RELATIONSHIP CAN CONTINUE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LA HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE, I BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN THIS QUESTION FROM PEOPLE WHOSE KIDS LOVED OR LOOKED FORWARD TO THE CAMP, SEVEN, EIGHT, BUT THEN DIDN'T REALLY HAVE CAMP 70 BECAUSE OF COVEN AND NOW THEY'RE NOT IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH ANYMORE, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO LIKE 789 OR ANOTHER SESSION OF THAT.
SALLY ROGOL: YOU KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION I KNOW YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO US A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THAT AS OTHER KIDS OTHER FAMILIES HAVE, AND YOU KNOW I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH THE KIDS THAT ARE AGE ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM AND I DON'T KNOW LIKE THIS FULL AARON.
SALLY ROGOL: HAD OFFERED SEVERAL TEAM TRIPS AND NOT ONE OF THEM RAN WE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM THAT OLDER AGE GROUP THAT THEY WANTED TO JOIN.
SALLY ROGOL: SO.
SALLY ROGOL: YOU KNOW, I THINK, TO MANAGE A CAMP THAT, ESPECIALLY AS YOU TRAVEL IN YOUR OUT OF RYE, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GO TO A THIRD, AND A FOURTH BOSS, NOT ONLY STAFFING IT, BUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH OKAY, THANK YOU.
SALLY ROGOL: SO, AGAIN TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE MORE THAN 19 DIFFERENT BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT I SHOWED, ON THE OTHER, SCREEN.
SALLY ROGOL: AND, AS I SAID BACK WHEN STAFF RAN ALL THE PROGRAMS WITHOUT BUSINESS PARTNERS WE CAN'T REALLY GROW OUR BUSINESS AND.
SALLY ROGOL: THEY'VE ALSO BEEN TERRIFIC WITH THESE POP UP ACTIVITIES AND FILLING THOSE NEEDS ON VERY, VERY SHORT NOTICE, BUT NINJA SNAP OLOGY AT SCIENCE JUST TERRIFIC ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH.
SALLY ROGOL: WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHETHER IT BE RIGHT, WHY THAT WE DO SOME PROGRAMMING WITH THEY DO RENT OUR PICKLE BALL COURTS FOR THEIR PROGRAMS WE'VE DONE BACKYARD BACKYARD.
SALLY ROGOL: BLACKTOP GAMES WITH THEM, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE RIGHT, WHY ON TRIP ACROSS AMERICA, WHERE WE HAD 164 DIFFERENT FAMILIES JOIN AND INVESTIGATE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE MOVING AND HEALTHY AGAIN.
SALLY ROGOL: WE PARTNER WITH RIGHT BEACH PHARMACY TO GIVE BEING A VACCINATION CLINIC AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, SINCE.
SALLY ROGOL: PROBABLY THE SPRING THEY HAD ONE OF THEIR VACCINATION CLINICS FOR BOOSTERS ACTUALLY TODAY AT THE WRECK AND IT JUST IS SUCH A YOU KNOW OUR SPACES, JUST SO CONVENIENT AND.
SALLY ROGOL: TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, AND YOU KNOW WE WORK WITH ALL THE USER GROUPS, AS I SAID BEFORE ON ANY GIVEN WEEK PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS LINING AND PREPPING OVER 68 FIELDS FOR GAMES AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT THESE FIELDS, SO THAT THESE YOUTH LEAGUES CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
SALLY ROGOL: SO THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS RYAN IS IS BRILLIANT HIS TEAM IS BRILLIANT AND REALLY AS A CREATIVE I WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACILITY, SO THIS IS A ONE OF A COUPLE OF SCREENS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT THE PARK USED TO LOOK LIKE.
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SALLY ROGOL: SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS THE OLD LOWER SHELTER AND THE NEW AND IMPROVED LOWER SHELTER. SALLY ROGOL: IN THE MIDDLE THERE, WE HAVE THE YOU CAN'T SEE THE PATIO IN THE UPPER LEVEL BIG ROOM THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT THE NEW PAD IS NOW POURED.
SALLY ROGOL: WE DON'T HAVE WATER COMING INTO THE BUILDING AND IT'S A SAFE EGRESS OUT OF THAT ROOM AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEING DONE AND SORT OF ALSO THAT EXPANSION OF THAT SPACE GOES TO JULIE'S POINT ABOUT CONTINUING TO HOW TO EXPAND RENTALS AND OTHER THINGS.
SALLY ROGOL: THOSE ARE BOTH THE THE RESTROOMS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THOSE OUTDOOR RESTROOMS ARE TO OUR FACILITY AND AND WHEN THEY OPENED UP.
SALLY ROGOL: NOT JUST FOR CAMP, BUT JUST THE AMOUNT OF INCREASED YOU USE IN OUR PLAYGROUND, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR SPACE TO GET YOUR CHILD TO A BATHROOM OR YOU TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
SALLY ROGOL: WHEN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WATCHING MULTIPLE KIDS THE FACILITY IS RIGHT THERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE MAIN BUILDING I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
SALLY ROGOL: DO WE HAVE STAFF AT THE RIGHT TIME OR NOT, BECAUSE IT BUILT, YOU KNOW THE IT'S ON A TIMER SO IT OPENS AT DAYLIGHT AND GOES OFF AT DUSK.
SALLY ROGOL: IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THERE AND IN CAMP IT WAS.
SALLY ROGOL: A AGAIN, YOU WERE NOT BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE BUILDING AND AS CODE PROTOCOLS CHANGE, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO HAS A MASK ON JUST TO COME IN TO GO USE THE RESTROOM.
SALLY ROGOL: THE RESTROOMS ARE OUTSIDE AND IT'S BEEN GREAT AND OBVIOUSLY THE ADDITION OF OUR NEW FLAG POLE IN THAT SAME AREA HAS BEEN GREAT YOU CAN SEE IT ACROSS THE PARK FROM THE THE TENNIS COURTS WHEN THE WHEN THE FLAGS ARE WAVING IN THE IN THE WIND.
SALLY ROGOL: WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NORTH, END OF THE PARK, WE SEE THE UPPER SHELTER ON THE LEFT AND THEN THE NEW, IMPROVED UPPER SHELTER.
SALLY ROGOL: THE GIRL SCOUT ROOM PATIO WHICH WAS REALLY JUST A PIECE OF BLACK TOP AND THE NEW PATIO THAT WAS PUT IN AND RETAINING WALL AND THEN TO THE RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TO JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CURVY FRIENDSHIP GARDEN.
SALLY ROGOL: THAT WE DID SAVE AND ACTUALLY REDO, WITH THE HELP OF THE SERIES GARDEN CLUB SO SORT OF THAT KIND OF THE SAME VIEW OF THE NEW AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
SALLY ROGOL: ALRIGHT, AND NOBODY LAUGHED WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT SCREEN, SO PEOPLE SAY HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH THE AMPHITHEATRE WELL YEARS AGO APPARENTLY RALPH AMMIANO ALWAYS WANTED AN AMPHITHEATER SO RALPH BILL BLEACHERS IN THE BACK.
SALLY ROGOL: WHEN WE DID THE ADDITION IN 2006 THE BLEACHERS WERE REMOVED THE SEE ONLY PICTURE THAT I CAN FIND OF THE BLEACHERS SO THAT'S A YOUNG 20 YEAR OLD SALLY.
SALLY ROGOL: TIME AT SUMMER CAMP SO BUT IT GIVES YOU SORT OF THE CONCEPT OF WHAT WAS THERE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE UPPER SHELTER IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW THE MIDDLE PICTURE.
SALLY ROGOL: WAS BEFORE ANY WORK WAS BEING DONE, THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD HORSESHOE PITS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SALLY ROGOL: BUT IT WAS JUST A LOT OF OVERGROWTH YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THAT THERE'S A ROCK UP THERE, OR WHAT THAT AREA HAD TO OFFER.
SALLY ROGOL: AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS FROM THE FIRST COLOR RUN THAT THE YOUTH COUNCIL DID SERVE THAT SAME VIEWPOINT OF WHAT THE HILL KIND OF SORT OF LOOKED AT.
SALLY ROGOL: AND, AS IT DEVELOPS, WE SEE SORT OF JUST THE ROUGHNESS OF IT WITH THE CUTS COMING IN THE GUYS WORKING ON IT AND HOW IT'S SORT OF TAKING SHAPE, AND IT REALLY IS AN ARCHITECTURAL WONDER.
SALLY ROGOL: THAT THEY ARE BUILDING AND RYAN GEORGE VEGA, FOR INSTANCE FORENSICS GUYS, WHO ARE THERE, DAY AFTER DAY, MAKING THIS WORK AND HOW THE LAYERS COME TO BE SO, HOPEFULLY BY.
SALLY ROGOL: MID SPRING WILL HAVE THAT COMPLETED AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MARKET IT, WHICH I THINK IS A BIG THING FOR US IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THESE.
SALLY ROGOL: FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ONCE WE'RE 100% OPEN AND HOW TO BETTER MARKET THAT BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, AND WHAT THE CORRECT PRICE POINT FOR ALL THOSE THINGS ARE.
SALLY ROGOL: JOE MENTIONED, THOUGH, YOU KNOW THE ONE TIME, WE NEED TO GET A SPEAKER SYSTEM OUT THERE, WE NEED TO MAKE IT SO IT'S KIND OF PLUG AND PLAY FOR WHEN WE DO RENT IT OUT, BUT WE SEE A LOT OF THINGS.
SALLY ROGOL: BEING THERE, WHETHER IT IS MOVIE NIGHT GRADUATION A SMALL VENUE SHOWS AND WHATNOT AND IT'S REALLY SPECTACULAR IF ANYBODY HASN'T BEEN.
SALLY ROGOL: TO THE PARK AND TO SEE THESE IMPROVEMENTS I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT IT REALLY HAS BROUGHT US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, AND I THINK I'M HOPEFULLY IT'S THE BEGINNING OF MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK SYSTEM.
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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO CALI NEWS TO INTERJECT ONE THING I JUST WANT ONE OTHER MINOR PLUG HERE WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS ALL RECYCLE REPURPOSE ASTROTURF. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OR ARTIFICIAL TURF IT'S THE SECOND LOCATION IN NORTH AMERICA, WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN USED.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE FIRST BEING AN EPIC GLEN ARBOR GOLF COURSE UP IN BEDFORD, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVER BEEN USED IN THE COUNTRY, THE ENTIRE THING WAS THE OTHER BRAINCHILD OF RYAN, BUT IT'S IT'S IT IS ALL BEEN RECYCLED TO REPURPOSE SO IT'S IT'S QUITE A WONDER.
SALLY ROGOL: AGREED, THEY MAKE GOLF BONKERS OUT OF THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IT'S EVER BEEN USED IN IN AN AMPHITHEATER OR OTHER PURPOSE.
SALLY ROGOL: SO WE'VE GOT LIKE EVERYBODY CHALLENGES AND GOALS TO LOOK AT FOR 2022 AS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THE INCREASE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR, REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE OR EXPERIENCE.
SALLY ROGOL: HOW DO WE GROW THE BUSINESS, WHO ARE NEW BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO ARE NEW PARTNERS AND CRIME, SO TO SPEAK, WHO DO WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH TO OFFER MORE AND MORE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SALLY ROGOL: HERE'S HOPING CAMP CAN RETURN TO FULL OFFERINGS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS THE DRIVER.
SALLY ROGOL: IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED TO DO WE HOPE TO HAVE SWIMMING BACK, WE HOPE THAT TRIPS BACK THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, AS WE JUST SAID, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR PRICING MODEL AND OUR MARKETING STRATEGY AND THAT WILL BE A BIG THING FOR AARON AND I, AS WE START THE NEW YEAR.
SALLY ROGOL: YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE AND THERE WON'T BE PRIVACY GAME, AND WE CAN REALLY GO OUT THERE AND SELL THAT FACILITY.
SALLY ROGOL: TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, AND THEN I THINK YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE IS, WE STILL NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE INVEST.
SALLY ROGOL: IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GAGLIANO PARK FOR MANY YEARS AND TRYING TO GET A NEW PLAYGROUND THERE, BUT TO DO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE SITE AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO THERE SO IT'S A ONE TIME INVESTMENT.
SALLY ROGOL: I THINK THE PLAYGROUND AT REC PARK THEY'RE BOTH ALSO AGING NOT AS MUCH AS GABBY ARDO.
SALLY ROGOL: WE NEED REPAIRS TO OUR TENNIS FACILITY, THEY GOT HIT VERY HARD IN IT, AND WE NEED THAT TO HAVE THE TENNIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND A BIG COMMUNITY ASSET NEEDS A FACELIFT ON ITS OWN.
SALLY ROGOL: WE KNOW THAT ALL OUR USER GROUPS ARE ASKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THEIR FIELDS WE.
SALLY ROGOL: CHOOSE ME DP WHO WENT AND.
SALLY ROGOL: BUILT A NEW BATTING CAGE THAT RIGHT GIRLS SOFTBALL PURCHASED AND PAID FOR.
SALLY ROGOL: BUT WE NEED THAT AT LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH THEM AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BUT THEY'RE ALL THESE ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT THE USER GROUPS WILL HELP WITH.
SALLY ROGOL: BUT A LOT OF TIMES THAT COMES WITH OUR MANPOWER TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE IT DONE NURSERY FIELD, WE KNOW THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS.
SALLY ROGOL: SO WE HAVE A WE'VE GOT A BIG SLATE OF THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND ALWAYS HAVE MORE TO GO, BUT WE ARE RESILIENT BUNCH WE ARE CONFIDENT AND WE LEVEL WE DID.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SALLY SAID THANKS FOR ALL ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WORK AND YOUR STAFF TO.
SALLY ROGOL: THANK JOSH I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY'RE AWARE THAT I TRY TO THANK THEM ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOUR.
SALLY ROGOL: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THOUGHTS AWESOME SALLY THANK YOU.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS.
SALLY ROGOL: GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU TOO, THANK YOU SO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS JIM FROM THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: GOLF CAN BE FOUND AT PAGE NINE DASH ONE OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES, JIM.
JIM BUONAIUTO: GOOD EVENING.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: VERY SHARP THIS EVENING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DID YOU.
JIM BUONAIUTO: HEAR ME OKAY.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, GOOD.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ALRIGHT, SO I WILL START BY SHARING MY SCREEN AGAIN WITH THE GOLF CLUB IS PULL THAT UP HERE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: JUST JUMPED FROM THE BOAT BASIN TO THE GOLF CLUB.
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JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE TRICKY THIS YEAR WITH THE GOLF CLUB GIVEN KOBE AND JIM ACTUALLY BUDGETED NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 20 I'M GONNA MAKE THIS LITTLE BIGGER SORRY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2021 SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT REFLECTED ON THE REVENUE SIDE. JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUT FOR PURPOSES OF OUR DISCUSSION I'M GOING TO DO A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON BUDGET TO BUDGET.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO OVERALL EXPENSES ARE UP 150 $2,000 ROUGHLY 2.8% SALARIES ARE UP, BASED ON CONTRACTED INCREASES AND SOME ADDITIONAL OVER TIME.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO BASICALLY YOU UP ABOUT $32,000 BUT NOTHING THAT JUMPS OFF THE PAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU KNOW ANY OTHER THAN CONTRACTED INCREASES.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOUR EQUIPMENT NOT LINE IS FLAT.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: DEPRECIATION WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND BUT THAT'S KIND OF FLAT AS WELL, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ARE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ABOUT $75,000 OR 5% AND A COMBINATION OF THREE ITEMS WHICH WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH ONE, AT A TIME, JIM FIRST ONE IS MEMBER RELATIONS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE REINS ON THAT ONE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OR ARE I REMEMBER RELATIONS LONG AS USED TO SUBSIDIZE THE SOCIAL EVENTS IN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CO BE RELATED RESTRICTIONS WE PRETTY MUCH DID AWAY WITH SOCIAL EVENTS, THE POOL UNFORTUNATELY IN 2020 AND 2021.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AS HE HAS SO FAR OFF, BUT WE'RE MAKING A BIG RETURN TO THAT SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL OF OUR BIG BARBECUES AND FAMILY FUN DAYS RETURNING TO THE POOL FACILITY AND THEN MORE PARTICIPATION MORE SOCIALIZING FOR OUR GOLF EVENTS SO BUDGET LINES MAINLY USED TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE EVENTS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY SECOND WOULD BE BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE THAT'S ABOUT $30,000.
JIM BUONAIUTO: I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE SORT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE DURING ALL OF IT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, THAT WE WANT TO CATCH UP ON, AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE EXPENSES EXPENSES INCREASES THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD, AS FAR AS MATERIALS AND BUILDINGS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: LAST ONE IS EQUIPMENT LEASE I THINK THATS RELATED TO THE GOLF CART LISA'S JIM UP ABOUT $23,000.
JIM BUONAIUTO: BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF LEASES TIED IN THERE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: TO NEW GOLF CART LEASES WE LOST THE GOLF CARTS THAT OUR MEMBERS USE FOR PLAY GOLF AS WELL AS THEIR GOLF CARTS OPERATION STAFF USES AND IDA, UNFORTUNATELY.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THERE IS INCREASED BECAUSE THERE'S SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE WITH THE BATTERIES, THE POWER OF THOSE CARDS SO THAT'S THE THE INCREASED THERE AND THEN I GOT MADE INSIDE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE'RE REPLACING TO OLDER GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT LEASES THAT EXPIRED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR LEVEL TWO NEW LEASES THERE AND THERE'S SOME INCREASE IN IN THOSE EXPENSES AS WELL.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL CLAUSE OR UP ABOUT $108,000 MOST OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES TIM, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT FOR A SEC.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OR ONLY ENGAGE THE NEW GOLF PROFESSIONAL FOR 2021 WE SHIFTED SOME OF THE BURDEN OF STAFFING THE GOLF SHOP FROM OUR SEASONAL LABOR TO HIM AS A CONTRACTOR SIMILAR TO THE RELATIONSHIP AND BLESSINGS SO WE SAW OFFSETTING INCREASE THEIR.
JIM BUONAIUTO: EMPLOYEE COSTS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND BENEFITS IN TAXES IS ACTUALLY DOWN ABOUT 20 $36,000 WELL MOSTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH NOT ACROSS THE BOARD.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND ALSO RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE IS DOWN ABOUT $18,000 ON THE REVENUE SIDE, AGAIN, I THINK, JIM IS BUDGETING MORE WITH THE NIH FOR A KIND OF A NORMAL YEAR AND.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: REVENUES ARE UP OVER $1 MILLION.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: A LOT OF THAT ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS ARE JUST MORE ASSUMING MORE MEMBERS JOINING NEXT YEAR, BASED ON 2021 WHERE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AND, AS YOU SEE HERE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE INCREASE OF ABOUT 220 $5,000 FOR REVENUE FROM LESSONS SO JIM IF YOU WANT TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THAT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OR A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE REGARDING MEMBERSHIP DUES, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS DOWNTURN IN A MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT IN THE POOL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CODE 2020 WE HAD.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE HAD TO OPEN THE POOL ABOUT A MONTH LATE, SO WE LOST ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR POOL MEMBERSHIP REVENUE THERE AND IN 2021 WE STILL HAVE SOME LINGERING IMPACTS ON OUR MEMBERS COULD USE THE POOL SO.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE, WE HAD A LOWER ENROLLMENT WE'RE HOPING TO GET BACK UP TO OUR PRE CODE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND 2022 2019 WE HAD $1.2 MILLION IN POOL MEMBERSHIP DUES, WE WERE DOWN TO $433,000 IN.
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JIM BUONAIUTO: 2020 AND ONLY GOT BACK UP TO $1 MILLION THIS YEAR SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE AT 1.2 MILLION MARK OR HIGHER IN 2022. JIM BUONAIUTO: GONE THE GOLF SIDECAR FEES AND GUESS FEES HAD A COVEN IMPACT IN 2020 AND 2021 SO WE'RE HOPING IN 2022 WOULD GET CLOSER TO NORMAL THERE AND IN THE SAME THING WITH OUR REVENUE SHARE WITH LESSONS ON SO IN.
JIM BUONAIUTO: REVENUE FROM BLESSINGS IN 2021 WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $200,000 IN REVENUE SHARE COMPARATIVE $350,000 IN REVENUE SHARE IN 2019.
JIM BUONAIUTO: SO, BASED UPON BOOKINGS FOR BLESSINGS WERE EXPECTING TO GET BACK TO 350 AND $400,000 AND 2022 AND THEY'RE BACK UP AND RUNNING ACTUALLY BUSIER THAN EVER SO.
JIM BUONAIUTO: YOU KNOW WE'RE HOPING AND REALISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT THE COVEN IMPACT ON OUR FINANCES ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH BEHIND THIS FOR THE MOST PART, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YEAH THE OTHER THING TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT THE, THE COMMISSION, ALONG WITH JIM AND KRISTEN WE HAVE IN THE PROCESS, OR WE HAVE RENEGOTIATED.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: A CONTRACT WITH LESSONS, BOTH IN TERMS OF TERM AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL TERMS AND REVENUE SHARE THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM FOR TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR YOU TO AUTHORIZE SO.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT WE KNOW WE DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, OR THEY DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES LESSONS WAS GOT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL DEMANDS TO TO RENEGOTIATE THAT CONTRACT AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THAT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: BOLLARD REVENUE AS WELL, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2020 TO THE GOSPEL COMMISSION AND I.
JIM BUONAIUTO: 4% INCREASE FOR RENEWING CURRENT MEMBERS IN A 10% INCREASE FOR POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS MINIMUM OF 10% INCREASE IT WILL BE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PERCENTAGE FOR NOT A NEW NON RESIDENTS, SHOULD THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CLUB SO THAT'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATOR FOR 2022.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT KIND OF MEMBERSHIP WAITING LIST, DO WE HAVE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: UM SO OUR MEMBERSHIP WAITING LIST AT THE MOMENT, MR MEHRA IS EXCLUSIVE TO GOLF RELATED MEMBERSHIPS IT'S AT THE MOMENT ABOUT 470 INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.
JIM BUONAIUTO: LAST YEAR, OUR MEMBERSHIP WAITLIST WAS ABOUT 300 AND WE WON THE ALLOWING IN 57 NEW MEMBERS, OF WHICH TWO THIRDS WERE RESIDENTS, ONE THIRD NON RESIDENT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THIS YEAR, I THINK, LAST YEAR WE KEPT OUR MEMBERSHIP AT 675 GOLF MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNTS I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ROOM FOR GROWTH IN THAT NUMBER.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS TO START GATHERING PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS INTENDING TO REJOIN.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING WHAT OUR PLANS ARE WITH THE GOSPEL PERMISSION AT OUR MEETINGS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
JIM BUONAIUTO: SO I THINK WE'LL BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AS LAST YEAR, HOPEFULLY, TAKING IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN.
JIM BUONAIUTO: 60 AND 80 NEW MEMBERS AND THE GOSPEL COMMISSION I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, AS IT DID LAST YEAR ON WITH THAT BROKE DOWN WILL BE BETWEEN RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT IF ANY NON RESIDENTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ENTRANCE AT ALL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OF COURSE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO ALL OF THIS TRANSLATE TO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BETTER TALK ABOUT DEPRECIATION NOW DEPRECIATION IS ANOTHER CAT NON CASH EXPENDITURE NOT INCLUDED ON THE BALANCE SHEET.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: 2022 BUDGETED NET INCOME WOULD BE 116 $1,000 ROUGHLY.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR 2020 EVEN WITH STILL DEALING WITH COVEN I'M SORRY 2021 WE'D HAVE BAD ABOUT A $6,000 LOSS, WHICH IS A BREAKEVEN YEAR GIVEN COVERT I THINK THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE ACTUALLY GIVEN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN TERMS OF THAT HAVING.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: A GOLF CLUB IS FINANCIALLY HEALTHY OBVIOUSLY HAVE ROOM TO DO SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS, IF NEED BE.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND YOU KNOW THAT'S I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JIM IF HE'S GOT ANYTHING TO ADD.
JIM BUONAIUTO: ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO TO UP WITH COLLEAGUES FOR AND THE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE UP OUR GOLF WITH COMMISSION AND OUR COMMITTEES.
JIM BUONAIUTO: IN 2021 RBC ONCE AGAIN HOSTED A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR THE MIC OFF ASSOCIATIONS I'VE CHAMPIONSHIP IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST AMATEUR EVENTS IN THE NATION AND I'M PROUD TO SAY.
JIM BUONAIUTO: TO THE CLUB HAS DONE SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB OF POSTING THAT EVENT THIS YEAR AND HOSTING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THAT WE'VE BEEN SELECTED TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND IN 2022 RIGHT GOLF CLUB WILL HOST A QUALIFIER FOR THE USGA AS SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN.
JIM BUONAIUTO: SO BEING INVOLVED IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS A PRETTY GREAT HONOR FOR US THE CLUB ONCE AGAIN SAFELY OPERATED THE POOL FACILITY, IN SPITE OF A COVEN CONCERNS AND RESTRICTIONS OPENING THE FACILITY ON TIME.
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JIM BUONAIUTO: AND RETURN THEM TO 100% CAPACITY BY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, THE CLUB CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR GOLF COURSE IN 2021. JIM BUONAIUTO: COMMEMORATING IT WITH THE CENTENNIAL LOGO PUBLISHING A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND A CENTURY OLD RETRO WOODEN GOLF CLUB TORN AND SOCIAL COCKTAIL PARTY WAS HOSTED.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEVEREAUX AM IN SOCIETY, OUR GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURAL 1921 PROVIDED THE LECTURE FOR THE ATTENDEES I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR HELP WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THE CLUB WAS ALSO ABLE TO REOPEN THE GOLF COURSE AND FULL FACILITY IN THE DAYS AFTER THE DISASTROUS IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE ON.
JIM BUONAIUTO: LABOR DAY WEEKEND MANY OF OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS WERE BUSY WORKING AT THE CLUB, WHILE THEY THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES HAVE DAMAGED THEIR OWN HOMES.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AND I JUST THINK THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS WITH ACCESS TO THE CLUB THAT THAT LABOR DAY WEEKEND, SO I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL FOR THAT I WANTED TO THANK JOE AS WELL, FOR HELPING TO SOLVE THESE BUDGET PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
JIM BUONAIUTO: LOOKING FORWARD.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AS I HAD MENTIONED FULL MEMBERSHIP AND DROPPED, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 403 MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNTS IN 2020 WE WERE BACK UP TO 557 NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS AND 2021 AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE BACK AT OUR PRE COVEN NUMBERS OF 650 MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNTS AND A HEAD COUNT OF ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE BY 2022.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THE GOLF CLUB IS STILL BUSY IN 2021 25% BUSIER THAN OUR FREE COKE AND AVERAGE ROUND COUNT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN TO BEING 50% BUSIER AND 2020 COMPARED TO AVERAGE AS JOE MENTIONED BEFORE, ADJUSTED FOR DEPRECIATION.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WITH OUR OUR MOST RECENT FORECAST, I DO THINK WILL BE AT A VERY SLIGHT SURPLUS IN 2021 COMPARED TO A BUDGET DEFICIT IN EXCESS OF $600,000 SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2022 THE CLUB IT DISSIPATES AND MOVE BACK TOWARDS PRE COATED REVENUES WHICH WILL HELP SOME WHICH WILL HELP WITH SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT EXPENSES AND FILLING SOME KEY STAFF POSITIONS.
JIM BUONAIUTO: CLOSING THE BUDGET WITH THE ADJUSTED AFTER DEPRECIATION AND ADJUSTED OPERATING SURPLUS OF AT LEAST $160,000 AND BASED UPON SOME OF OUR REVENUE GENERATING FORECASTS, WE BELIEVE THIS NUMBER IS LIKELY TO INCREASE EVEN PERFECT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: MENTIONING THOSE DIFFERENT EXPENSES WE'RE GOING TO ONCE AGAIN SEEK TO FILL OUR ASSISTANT GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION, AS WELL AS A FULL TIME FACILITIES AND PULL ME IN THIS POSITION WHICH WE LEFT EMPTY DURING COLD WINTER TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TIM, I HAVE A QUESTION, DO YOU.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE WAITING LIST FOR GOLF THAT'S DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF I MEAN I HEARD THAT THE GAP LAMAS, FOR EXAMPLE IN TOWN ALSO HAS A MULTI YEAR WAITING LIST FOR BOTH MEMBERSHIP ARE YOU FINDING THAT TO BE A TREND ACROSS ALL.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOLF COURSES IN THE AREA, OR IS IT YOU KNOW.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEN YOU'RE NOT AND GO AHEAD.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY THERE'S THERE'S BEEN ARTICLES ALL OVER THE PLACE IT'S IT'S A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS AROUND AT LEAST AROUND THE UNITED STATES, WHERE KOBE HAS DRIVEN EVERYBODY TO.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND GOLF WAS A LOGICAL STEP, SO WE ARE, WE ARE NOT UNIQUE IN THIS AT ALL, BUT JIM GO AHEAD I'M SORRY TO JUMP IN THERE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OH BAD THANKS JULIE, I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE OUR MOST POPULOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTRY GOLF IS BOOMING.
JIM BUONAIUTO: AND IT'S BOOMING OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GOLF COURSES OR CLUBS AND ABSOLUTELY MANY CLUBS IN OUR AREA HAVE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: LARGE WAITLIST SOME CLUBS THAT ARE ON THE VERGE OF FINANCIAL FINANCIAL COLLAPSE HAVE ACTUALLY.
JIM BUONAIUTO: YOU KNOW, DONE A COMPLETE TURNAROUND AND HAVE A WAITLIST AGAIN CLUBS THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD A WAITLIST OR INITIATION FEE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: FOR EXAMPLE, BONNIE BRIAR I THINK THEIR INITIATION FEE WENT FROM $5,000 TO $25,000 IN ONE YEAR WITH THE WAITLIST SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GOLF IS EXPERIENCING IN THE AIR.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THANK YOU COURSE THE.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: QUESTION IS, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ROUNDS OF GOLF OR DO YOU.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: QUANTIFY HOW MANY ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYS A RESIDENT AND A NON RESIDENT DO YOU KEEP A TALLY OF THAT.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE DO I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T PUT TOGETHER AND PREPARE FOR THE COUNCIL OH GOOD I KNOW OUR GENERAL NUMBERS, WE WERE AT ABOUT 24,000 ROUNDS, LAST YEAR WE DID ABOUT ALMOST 36 AND THIS YEAR, WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED.
JIM BUONAIUTO: 33,000 ROUNDS SO STILL MUCH BECAUSE YOU THAT PRETTY COMMON MM HMM.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WOW THAT'S A 50% JUMP IN.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE HOLY COW.
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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE YOU HAD TO ADJUST HOURS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT GYM TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LIKE. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE HAVE STARTED TO WE STARTED TO ALLOW PLAY EARLIER ON WEEKENDS, WHICH ARE SOME MORE BUSY THESE DAYS.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE ALSO HAVE ADJUSTED THE TEA TIME INTERVALS, THAT WE HAVE NOT AS MUCH STARTED CODED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT MAINLY BECAUSE OF HOW CROWDED, WE ARE WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR MEMBERS HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE IN THE GOLF COURSE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: SO IT'S ACTUALLY MORE GOLF OR LESS RESERVATION SLOTS IT'S JUST THE PERCENTAGE OF SPOTS GETTING FILLED IS IS IS GROWING TREMENDOUSLY, BUT REALLY SAW EVEN IN THE OFFSEASON AND.
JIM BUONAIUTO: OFF HOURS, FOR EXAMPLE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: PEOPLE STILL TEEING OFF AT 6PM OR 7PM THIS YEAR, THE DEMAND IN OFF HOURS HAS DROPPED A LITTLE, BUT NOT DURING PEAK HOURS.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE RECOMMEND HAVING MORE MEMBERS COME OFF THE WAITLIST BECAUSE DURING PEAK HOURS AND DEMAND IS STILL VERY INTENSE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: WE STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES WHERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE HAD TO USE A LOTTERY SYSTEM TO ASSIGN TO TIME, SO I THINK THE GOSPEL COMMISSION NOW WE'RE JUST SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S FAIR FOR THE MEMBERS.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN AND JIM, I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION, FOR YOUR STUDY HANDS THROUGH THIS YOU KNOW HORRIBLE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HERE, I THINK YOU GUYS DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, KEEPING YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU AND KEEPING THE COURSE IN GREAT SHAPE AND WITH CHIP AND HIS STAFF.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND CERTAINLY THE ADDITION OF KYLE AND OUR NEW PRO AND PRESTON IS HIS ASSISTANT.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE JUST CREATED A GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB MANAGING THROUGH IT A REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND THE WHOLE THE WHOLE STAFF AND TEAM OF RYE GOLF SO THANK YOU.
JIM BUONAIUTO: BEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A TEAM THAT WE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: HAVE JUST LIKE SO MANY OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ON HERE THIS EVENING, WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING FOR US AND WE'RE BLESSED WITH SOME REALLY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE.
JIM BUONAIUTO: YOU KNOW IT'S MORE LIKE A FULL TIME JOB FOR THEM, OR A PART TIME JOB AT LEAST AND THEN JUST VOLUNTEERS THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM IN THE COLLEGE THAT.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THAT FEELING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, JIM.
JIM BUONAIUTO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOE THAT THAT WRAPS US UP FOR TONIGHT.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: GUYS, WE WILL WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH ALL OF YOU AND SCHEDULES AND ANNOUNCE LATER THIS WEEK THE THE SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE BUDGET.
GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IS OPEN ON DECEMBER 1 SO WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THAT AND POSTING THAT THE WEBSITE PUTTING IT INTO THE LISTSERV.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CHOSEN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SHOW THANKS GREG THANK YOU.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I REALLY IT'S OVERWHELMING THE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY GREG AND STAFF CITY COUNCIL, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU TO.
JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TONIGHT HEY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
