City Council Meeting

Stacey Sommerfieldstaffby voiceWe do not at this point but I can start to work up very loose numbers just based on we haven't set pricing for anything there's of course no rates and levies we can look at some comparable spaces but for instance the two classroom upstairs so currently the footprint of the upstairs senior center is pretty comparable to the senior center at Green Acres, and that space overflows into a number of classrooms in the building. And so we would utilize those two classrooms through most of the day with senior programming and then have them open in the evening for rental.

It is, I can pull them for you. It's fairly low. We do have a single entrance, so we just have one desk. and we typically have one to two people at that desk during the day and then we have staffing within the senior center which would be the same so some of those employees would move over and I can identify those but there are more desks to staff and more facilities to manage yeah

Stacy Hallmemberships okay and actually I'm glad you brought that up I think I sent this to you in my questions but I actually was on board initially for a opportunity to consider charging our seniors as we talked about before but I want to withdraw my support for charging our seniors for the senior center I I think they get a lot of benefit, and I think that they've done a lot for our city. They continue to pay real estate taxes in most cases, and I do not support a cost recovery model for seniors specifically. So I think that's all my questions, unless there's something else you think we should know about this for me.

Stacey Sommerfieldstaffby voiceyes so if you join the county senior center right now I believe the current rate is oh it's been a long day 65 and they're going up to 78 this upcoming year so if you are city resident and you join one of the county senior centers that is the PRICE AS A COUNTY RESIDENT. SO WE OFFER THE SAME RECIPROCITY AT GREEN ACRES. CURRENTLY WE DO CHARGE JUST A ONE-TIME $10 FEE TO JOIN THE SENIOR CENTER AND PARTICIPATE IN AS MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES, DRINK FREE COFFEE, GET FREE FOOD AND ENJOY THE PERKS OF THE SENIOR CENTER. AND SO WE DO HAVE, PROBABLY, LAST TIME I CHECKED AND I CAN LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS AGAIN, IT IS HARD BECAUSE WE DON'T CHARGE A RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT RATE. we're usually around 45% county residents

55% city residents just to look at how many people are in our current makeup of the senior center could

it's similar reciprocity if you're a county resident you go to the senior center it's $65 if you're a city resident you go to the senior center it's $65 and because we don't charge a membership fee if your county resident you come to our senior center it's zero it's ten a ten dollar one-time fee if you're a city resident come to our senior center it's a ten dollar one-time fee so it's reciprocal yes sorry

SO BRIAN LUBCOMEN IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A FORMAL ARRANGEMENT OR JUST ALWAYS BEEN AN INFORMAL RECIPROCITY ARRANGEMENT. THE ONLY POSSIBILITY WOULD BE THAT OUR CITY RESIDENTS MAY BE THEN CHARGED THE NON-RESIDENT RATE FOR SENIOR CENTERS IN THE COUNTY, SOME OF WHICH HAVE POOLS AND SERVICES THEY ACCESS, AND THAT NON-RESIDENT RATE WOULD GO UP TO I believe around $150.

Just one more piece in there is that if you are a city resident, you go to a county senior center, you're not eligible for financial assistance, and that would be the same. We don't offer the same, you know, same as summer camp, for example. If you, we take county residents at summer camp, but we don't offer financial assistance for county residents, only city residents because it is supported by the city. So if you were to implement the senior center membership fee, we would offer financial assistance to our city residents.

Catherine ReadAnd quite frankly, the Willard Sherwood Senior Center is going to be an upgrade. Yes. The facility itself.