enlightenment needed

IF there has been information posted here that is DEAD wrong, please enlighten us with the correct information! The City Manager SAID that the MDAC rate has been $200 a month for the past 2.5+ years, and now they are paying $500 a month. Of course, Gym also said there was an Optimist connection at the pool and THAT turned out to have NO basis in fact! Until there are confirmed facts that support those numbers, the jury is still out. Ms Gannon spoke about the benefits of water aerobics, and that may be true, but there hasnt been any proof of a consistent water aerobic program for MONTHS! There is also LITTLE evidence of many swim lessons being given from Oct-March of last year and from October 2008 thru the present, from the reviews that have been done. There is NO evidence of the $500 per month rental charge to MDAC having been paid either, but if it has been missed somehow, please fill us in as to where that revenue information can be found! In addition, there is NO evidence of the $750 per day meet pool rental fees Gym has claimed have been charged in the past. If those revenues are located somewhere else, other than the daily logs, please let us know where THEY can be found also! Education is wonderful thing! Please, educate us regarding the RIGHT numbers, and put them here, for all to see. God forbid we should ever have outright FABRICATIONS or unapproved secret backroom handshake deals regarding City businesses!

questions in need of answers

Is the Doral Swim Club a seperate entity from the Miami Dade Aquatic Club? These are excellent questions that need and deserve answers! This a great oppurtunity to shed some light on this, yet another highly questionable and very poorly managed city service. Do you think it would be helpful to know if there are ANY bills still outstanding from MDAC, the high schools, Rip Tides, or the scuba guys? How much have we received in revenues from them in the past? Where would THOSE billing invoices and deposit slips be? How much revenue do we receive for renting our pool for water polo camps? Are the Rip Tides nonprofit? How do we (Springs pool officials) document the swimming lessons level, participation, teachers, and revenues? Are kids taking swimming lessons also counted as casual users? how much is charged for swim lessons? how many total swim lessons do we give per year? are they charged whether they show up or not? what percentage are given during the Summer? the rest of the year? what was our total annual pool heating bills for the past three years, broken down monthly? Why do we NOT have a sign-in sheet, so we can verify whether to charge resident or non-resident fees? How do we document residency, or not? Who is responsible for cash taken in on a daily and weekly basis? There is much that needs explanations and understanding here. This is a good start. Lets see what the answers are.

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?

commentary

Lets see if this info is right- the swim lessons cost $20 a week and are bought in 2 week blocks- $40, right, no matter what level lessons, right? Some of this info was given once before but those who currently need it, missed it then, and its been erased somehow. those who want an in-depth and comprehensive investigation of the pool, its finances, and operations- NOW is the time for that, as its happening as we speak, but there are gaps in knowledge that need to be filled in, in order to visualize the entire picture. The data rollback wiped out important data that is needed. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL !!

swim lessons

When you pay for swim lessons, do you pay one lump sum? or by the lesson? does it make any difference at which level the lessons are? Are those lessons for an hour each? Some swim lessons have only been for a half hour. How much is aerobics? Again, by the session, or a block or week of sessions? It has been said that aerobics is no longer a viable and functioning program, and hasnt been for a while. Most of the main aspects of the resume in question have been posted here. What more is required?