questions unanswered..

MDAC Director said they only work out at one facility, while website claims five. Somebody isnt telling the truth. Two weeks ago Mr Gorland told Mr Dotson there were no methods in place to determine what the revenues at the pool were, but they were hoping to get some soon. Last Tuesday the City Manager told the resident that he had no idea what the breakdown was regarding the revenues and expenses at the pool. Tonight they had a LOT of numbers available for the past couple months. How did they come up with those numbers? Where were they? Why did they NOT reveal them when asked by the resident and Mr Dotson? Could it be that NEITHER City Manager knew that the numbers were available? That would just be unbelievably incompetent. If they didnt reveal the numbers because they hadnt made them up quite yet, that would be fraud, right? The City Manager said that the MDAC swim team has been charged $200 a month all along, and that, by mutual agreement, it was raised to $500 a month starting this past October. I would be interested to see where the $200 a month is reflected in the pool records of two years ago. In addition, this is a GREAT deal for the swim team at $500 a month to practice because at the jr college three years ago they were paying $1300 a month for four lanes! We give them 8 lanes for three hours a day on average and six days a week, for $500 (a little more than a third of what they were paying for less lanes). It was stated that the participation of Springs kids varies according to the season but they said it ranges from 15-30 kids. Notable by its absence was any verifiable roster for the past three years, like the City Manager said he was going to produce. How did he come to that figure if there are NO rosters available? He said by his count there was only 266 swimmers at the last meeet, while the meet Director and his assistant told the resident the range was 320 to 350! Are the number of swimmers always underestimated by the City Manager? The City Manager admitted there were NO contracts between any of the swim teams that use our pool, and there was NO discussion of any use agreements except the Jazzercisers. Isnt there a record of the City Manager asserting that there WAS contracts? He now says there is a gentlemans agreement with MSSH due to our using Stafford Park- this is not a major bone of contention, or concern, altho they should pay something too. The numbers stated for heating the pool for the past 3 years were $20,958, $22,272, and $17,564, the last number being the most recent. He said Columbus and Reagan have been billed $1500 a season in the past- have they paid those amounts? Where is THAT money reflected? He said the scuba guys use one lane and are charged $15 an hour. Where is THAT money accounted for? Mr Dotson had a bad headcold and asked some pertinent questions, but left a lot of other questions unasked and unanswered. Some examples are given above.