unanswered questions

In the final analysis, yes, whoever received that money is whats important. It would also be good to know if the KIDS paid those monies, or their parents, as parents can be reliable and believable witnesses. Whoever received that money should be able to account for it with receipts, deposit slips, and or bank statements. Or not. If these monies were collected by different people at different times, a work schedule of who was working on which days needs to be produced so the admission fees can be matched with whoever was working that day. Is there somebody at the pool who is responsible for collecting the days receipts and giving them to Patti Bradley, so she can document what was received? Would that be the Pool Manager? Who? Were the meet admission fees also paid by the parents in person? or by the swim club? It is also curious that people were charged admission fees for meets at to OUR pool, and we received NONE of those fees! Apparently none were recorded for either daily practices OR meets! Yet at least one swim coach says that admission fees were paid. Why would a swim coach NOT tell the truth? Wonder if the same information is accurate for the water polo team? Mr Dotson needs to look into ALL of this.

what SHOULD we take in at the pool?

Is the fair market value of the pool team practices $3000 a month? (number of lanes per day times number of days, etc) A couple years ago they were paying 1300 a month to practice in 4 lanes at the junior college. Are they using 8 lanes now? Thats $36,000 a year. What should the pool take in for a meet as pool rental?(16 hours times 165/hr=2460). How many meets do we have at the pool every year? Six? Eight? Lets say seven, times 2460 would be about 17k. Add the 36k and we get 53k, right, what we SHOULD get from MDAC? How much SHOULD we take in from Columbus? Reagan? the middle school? Krop? How much do we really take for swim lessons? How much additional expenses do the meets cost us (overtime, we paid $150 for an extra lifeguard at the last meet)? That is figured into the 300k+ overall loss, right? What if we marketed our pool to other swim clubs? We need to determine what a fair market value would and SHOULD be for using our pool, and then weigh THAT against 1) what we are receiving NOW; and 2) and how that number stacks up against our costs- would those numbers, IF we actually charged and collected them, make the losses acceptable? or not? IF the majority of kids were from here, and/or it was a nonprofit, it might be a different situation. But it ISNT. What could we save if we closed it from Dec thru May? How much pool heating goes in in Sept, Oct, March and April? What were the heating bills during those months last year?

business licenses? meets?

While the district meet was in Milander, I know that there were quite a few meets for MSSh and for Columbus held at our pool. Where is the pool calendar to compare to school schedules? Revenues? Invoices for those. Also, if the private business is operating from our pool dont they need a business license? Or some type of oversight? And we were led to believe that the insurance they bring to the table covers their swimmers and coaches. If we do not have a team roster how do we know that all are registered and therefore insured? How many meets have been held at our pool this year? What revenues have we received from THOSE, if any? All private businesses that do business in MS are required to have a business license, no? Does MDAC have a business license to operate in MS?

clueless

Can it be that the Asst City Manager, after over THIRTY YEARS of having the pool for meets and practices, REALLY doesnt KNOW how much revenues we get for every meet and swim practice? That would be incredible INCOMPETENCE, wouldnt it? Isnt that one of his main responsibilities? He told Mr Dotson he didnt HAVE A CLUE, but that he HOPED to get a handle on that information soon! The REC DIRECTOR doesnt KNOW anything about the revenues that are received at the pool???? Why is THAT so hard to believe? If its true, then hes just incompetent beyond belief, and needs to be fired. Apparently he doesnt know if we received ANY revenues from the recent meet! OR the GMAC meet a couple weeks ago! OR any of the HUNDREDS of swim practices at the pool each year! Lets make a shorter list- what DOES he know? How does the City Manager allow an employee that is so utterly CLUELESS to remain employed ? He DOES report to the City Manager doesnt he? The ultimate responsibility for clueless employees does lie at the City Managers desk, doesnt it? Incredible incompetence, at best; incredible corruption at worst.