Finance Committee Agenda and Packet 2022 10 17

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City Council Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 08/22/22 Page 2 of 6 seasonal pass revenues were up. Range fees and lessons are the "hot commodity" this year. Baril stated that operating expenses were up because of the Marshall Fire expenditures, costs to increase pay for workers, and merchandise expenditures. More merchandise was ordered because of the shortages in 2021, but manufacturers have agreed that items in inventory can be returned at the end of the year. Councilmember Brown asked if the popularity of golfing was slowing down. Baril stated that although nationwide it was down, but Louisville is still up and is in high demand. Baril stated he doesn't see it slowing down. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney asked how much of the $128,000 Marshall Fire line item was covered by FEMA regarding loss of revenue and facility damage and how much would be covered by insurance. Also, he noted that Page 8 gives more details of revenue. Deputy City Manager Davis stated that they were waiting to hear from FEMA about reimbursement. The insurance numbers are submitted to FEMA. B. Kathy Martin from Recreation and Senior Services reported that visits are up from 2019 by 7,000. Aquatics was still down but they have not received the revenue from the swim team at this point which is significant. The program area is moving up, however. She noted that even though they were down by 22%, one reason could be that free fire passes were given out to the victims and they had over 4,200 visits which translates to $25,000.00 in revenue. But, visits are way up overall. The 2023 estimates give an $800,000 range, but won't be back up to 2019 numbers. However, it will normalize with the new green play area usage. Finance Director Kevin Watson qualified the revenue questions for Sales and Use Tax stating that annual sales tax is projected to increase by 12%, and use tax by 12%. Councilmember Leh asked about if there was a shortage of lifeguards. Martin stated that they have been fully staffed all summer and will require replacement now that everyone has gone back to school. Once solution was to close Memory Square on September 2nd. She stated they did receive money from the Governor's increase and gave raises to current staff as well as introduced bonuses, and gave clothing, food, and a party for the aquatics staff, therefore, were able to keep people they had as well as providing incentive to come back next year. The aquatics staff did a great job on keeping everyone trained. Councilmember Leh extended appreciation for the staff. 7. REVIEW OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (page 11) Assistant City Manager Emily Hogan reported that staff provided the annual performance measures update (KPIs) organized into 10 program areas and 38 sub- programs. KPIs include workload measures to indicated how well a sub -program is accomplishing the goals and objectives of each program and sub -program as well as evaluate progress through the use of community indicators. The KPIs are updated annually and is now ongoing for 2023-2024. The community indicators for each department has been provided in the packet.