This Week in Shaker©
An Independent E-Letter for the Residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio
Founded April 14, 2003
Volume 7, Number 13 Monday, April 6, 2009
Jane Wood, Editor Street and Alley, Proofreaders
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This issue has 7 pages.
News Briefs
- Lake Erie Artists is moving from downtown to Shaker Square (13129, northwest quadrant in the Dodd’s Camera space) in late May. Dodd’s has left the Square at the request of the landlord (Coral Company) to make way for the gallery.
- Mayor Earl Leiken will give a “state of the city” address to members of the Rotary Club at the Cleveland Skating Club April 21.
Looking at the Budget
This Week in Shaker continues its examination of the budget of every City department, in alphabetical order. All information has been taken from the 2009 Preliminary Budget produced by the Finance Department and approved by City Council March 23 except where changes and/or more current information have been provided in writing or via email; and the 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 Preliminary Budgets, which may not reflect actual revenue or expenditures.
The City’s budget is a public record that can be perused in the Finance Department at City Hall or at the Shaker Heights Public Library.
For the first time since TWIS has been presenting these budgets, there is no detailed information on salaries and wages, just a lump sum for each department. Presumably, that information may be obtained from the Finance Department.
2009 revenue: $35,650,669 (general fund) 2009 expenditures: $38,489,751 (general fund)
2008 revenue: $38,437,086 2008 expenditures: $39,121,163
2007 revenue: $37,882,797 2007 expenditures: $37,597,569
2006 revenue: $34,893,000 2006 expenditures: $35,626,000
2005 revenue: $33,678,940 2005 expenditures: $34,015,200
2004 revenue: $31,201,100 2004 expenditures: $31,818,000
This issue focuses on the Community Life (Recreation) Department, which provides events, senior adult activities and recreation programs. Last week’s issue was devoted to the Building and Communications and Outreach Departments and the CAO’s office.
[Editor’s note: This departmental budget is extremely difficult to follow. The department is divided by geography (Community Building and Thornton Park) and some positions and categories (highlighted) have been eliminated. Readers who have questions may direct them to the mayor, members of City Council or the Chief Administrative Officer.]
Community Life (Recreation) Department
Total Budget: $3,314,073
(2008: $3,467,934)
(2007: $3,365,600)
(2006: $3,247,700)
(2005: $3,882,400)
(2004: $3,783,100)
less $1,921,625 in anticipated revenue
(2008: $1,920,500)
(2007: $1,923,655)
(2006: $1,889,700)
(2005: $2,270,400)
(2004: $2,291,400)
Salaries (total: $1,683,955):
Director: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 92,360) (2006: 89,300) (2005: 82,800)
Thornton Park
facility manager: ? (2008:?) (2007: 75,600) (2006: 75,200) (2005: 72,200)
Business services
manager: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 72,020) (2006: 69,700) (2005: 65,900)
Thornton Park/facility
maintenance
supervisor: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 63,900) (2006: 60,100) (2005: 57,900)
Outreach worker: ? (2008: 56,765) (2007: 54,900) (2006: 53,100) (2005: 49,000)
Program manager
(seniors/events/
playgrounds/youth/
teen/Safety Town): ? (2008: ?) (2007: 54,800) (2006: 53,000) (2005: 0)
Accounting technician: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 49,820) (2006: 48,100) (2005: 46,700)
Sports coordinator: ? (2008: ?) (2007:47,200) (2006: 44,700) (2005: 41,400)
Customer service
supervisor: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 46,660) (2006: 44,700) (2005: 42,300) Administrative
secretary: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 46,240) (2006: 44,700) (2005: 42,300)
(renamed “senior
administrative asst.”)
Youth program
coordinator: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005:51,600)
Assistant program
coordinator: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005:27,800)
Senior adult program
manager: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005:58,200)
Assistant senior adult
program manager: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 31,400) Program coordinator
(school aged child
care/camps): ? (2008:?) (2007: 46,200 (2006:44,700) (2005: 0)
School-age child care
coordinator: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 42,300)
Skate/swim coord.: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 43,800) (2006: 46,000) (2005: 40,800)
Account clerk: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 40,850) (2006: 39,600) (2005: 37,300)
Registration
coordinator: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 40,850) (2006: 39,500) (2005: 38,300)
Thornton Park/facility
maintenance
mechanic: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 34,400) (2006: 32,100) (2005: 35,000)
Secretary: ? (2008: ?) (2007: 34,300) (2006: 33,300) (2005: 30,600)
Grounds/facility
maintenance worker
I (3): ? (2008: ?) (2007: 83,600) (2006: 76,100) (2005: 72,800)
Day school supervisor: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 45,500)
Day school teacher II: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 32,200)
Day school teacher I (3) (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 77,500)
Van driver: (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0) (2005: 37,400)
Part-time/seasonal: not listed (2008: ?) (2007: 801,600) (2006: 754,800) (2005: 931,700)
Benefits (total): 514,285 (2008: ?) (2007: 502,100) (2006: 481,500) (2005: 649,400)
Longevity:* not listed (2008: ?) (2007: 11,100) (2006: 11,000) (2005: 14,800)
Sick leave
conversion: not listed (2008: ?) (2007: 3,900) (2006: 4,100) (2005: 5,000)
Incentive pay: not listed (2008: ?) (2007: 2,600) (2006, 2005, 2004: not included)
Merit increases:** not listed (2008: ?) (2007: 10,200) (2006: 10,200) (2005: 11,500)
Senior Adults—$316,895 (revenue $42,745) 2008: $320,093 (revenue $45,000); 2007: $306,900 (revenue $43,535)
Travel: $928 (2008: 200) (2007: 200) (2006: 200) (2005: 200)
Training: $500 (2008: 700) (2007: 700) (2006: 700) (2005: 700)
Employee relations: not listed (2008:100) (2007: 100) (2006: 100) (2005: 100)
Communications: $1969 (2008: 500) (2007: 0) (2006: 0) (2005: 1,300)
Special services
social serv. consulting: not listed (2008: 7,000) (2007: 7,000) (same in 2006, 2005, 2004)
bank charges: not listed (2008: 1,300) (2007 1,300) (same in 2006, 2005, 2004)
senior transportation: $141,300 (2008: 140,000) (2007: 140,000) (same in 2006)
Maint. of equip. blank (2008: 300) (2007: 300) (same in 2006, 2005, 2004)
Advertising &
printing: $ 60 (2008: 500) (2007: 500) (same in 2006, 2005,2004)
Vehicular maint.: not listed (2008: not listed) (2007: eliminated) (2006: 0)
(2005: 14,000)
Misc.: $ 7,345 (2008: 500) (2007: 500) (same in 2006, 2005,2004)
Office supplies: $ 1,151 (2008: 700) (2007: 1,200) (2006: 1,200)
(2005: 2,200)
Operating supplies: $ 3,375 (2008: 1,900) (2007: 1,900) (2006: 900)
(2005: 1,400)
Minor equip.: $ 699 (2008: 500) (2007: 500) (same in 2006, 2005, 2004)
Fuel: $ 259 (2008: 500) (2007: 500) (2006: 500) (2005: 6,000)
Vehicular supp.: not listed (2008: not listed) (2007: eliminated)(2006: 0)(2005: 1,000)
Community Events—$88,371 (2008: $87,752) (2007: $80,400)
Travel: blank (2008: 200) (2007: 200) (same in 2006, 2005)
Training: blank (2008: 300) (2007: 300) (same in 2006, 2005)
AutumnFest: not listed (2008: 0) (2007: 0) (same in 2006, 2005)
Misc.: $ 2,660 (2008: 3,100)
Fireworks: not listed (2008: 12,600) (2007: 12,000) (2006: 12,000) (2005:17,000)
Memorial Day: not listed (2008: 1,500) (2007: 1,500) (same in 2006, 2005)
Total of both: $13,437
Summer band
music (Colonnade): not listed (2008: 1,000) (2007: 1,000) (2006:1,000)
(2005: 300)
Other special
events: not listed (2008: 0) (2007: 0) (2006: 0)
(2005: 1,600)
Ice Festival: $500 (2008: 500) (2007: 1,000) (same in 2006, 2005)
Thornton Park
concerts: not listed (2008: not listed) (2007: not listed) (1,500 was budgeted in 2005)
Advertising &
printing: not listed (2008: 0) (2007: 500) (same in 2006, 2005)
Misc.: not listed (2008: 300) (2007: 300) (same in 2006, 2005)
Office supplies: blank (2008: 500) (2007: 600) (same in 2006, 2005)
Operating supplies: $715 (2008: included above) (2007, 2006, 2005: unknown)
Misc. operating
rents/leases: not listed (2008: 3,100) (2007: 3,100) (2006: 3,100)
(2005: not listed)
*Employees who have served 5 or more years are entitled to a modest bonus, based on the number of years of service.
**Does not apply to directors, who are eligible for year-end bonuses of up to 10% of their current salaries.
RECREATION HIGHLIGHTS
(Note: These do not include all expenditures in a particular category.)
Administration: Total operating expenses: $204,810 (2008: $380,134)
Teen programs: Total operating expenses: $33,670 (2008: $33,523; $2,000 for school district facility rental)
Summer camps: Total operating expenses: $173,474 (2008: $191,789; $8,500 for school building rental; $17,500 for transportation; $13,000 for field trips and admissions, $7,425 in 2009; $1,000 for “other” facility rental, blank in 2009)
Adult programs: Total operating expenses: $ 56,665 (2008: $51,230; $12,000 for adult programming instructors; $4,000 for senior adult programming instructors—both same in 2009)
Safety Town: Total operating expenses: $12,165, $1,730 to rent facility (2008: $19,109; $1,000 to rent the Shaker Family “resource center;” $1,000 for bus rental)
Tennis: Total operating expenses: $32,267 (2008: $46,907)
Field maintenance: Total operating expenses $104,061 (2008: $113,635; $4,700 for school district facility rental; $2,000 for truck rental; $15,000 for spring maintenance; $6,000 for fall maintenance; $27,300 for soccer field maintenance; $3,200 for mounds, bases and miscellaneous; $1,300 for storage); 2009: school district facility rental $6,336, nothing else listed
Sports programs: Total operating expenses: $170,665 (2008: $188,146; $18,200 for school district facility rental; $500 for transportation; $2,000 for camp food; $17,000 for T-shirts and uniforms; $11,500 for miscellaneous supplies); 2009: $19,810 for school district facility rental and transportation, $20,988 for camp food, T-shirts and uniforms and miscellaneous supplies i
Ice rink: Total operating expenses: $785,130 (2008: $827,410; $175,000 for public utilities; $4,000 for operating rents and leases; $8,000 for youth hockey coaches; $10,000 for compressor and cooling tower maintenance); 2009: $186,812 for public utilities, $8,375 for operating rents and leases, $13,547 for youth hockey coaches, compressor and cooling tower maintenance not listed; Zamboni maintenance $1,620, miscellaneous contractual services $54,495
Swimming: Total operating expenses: $318,154 (2008: $318,570; $26,000 for public utilities; $1,000 for maintenance of facilities and machinery; $1,000 for maintenance of equipment; $4,000 for pool chemicals; $3,000 for uniforms; $2,500 for training manuals; $92,500 for lifeguards plus benefits); 2009: $47,571 for public utilities, $163 for maintenance of facilities and machinery, $3,331 for maintenance of equipment, $3,935 for pool chemicals, uniforms, training manuals and miscellaneous, $134,786 for lifeguards plus benefits
Youth program: Total operating expenses: $129,156 (2008: $107,058; $31,116 for seasonal and part-time instructors including benefits; $6,200 for school district facility rental; $4,000 for John Carroll facility rental; $700 for transportation); 2009: $40,143 for seasonal and part-time directors and instructors including benefits, $10,200 for school district facility rental, JCU rental and transportation
Playgrounds: Total operating expenses: $39,398 (2008: $61,136; $3,200 for portable toilet rental; $10,100 for Horseshoe Lake playground personnel); 2009: $9,305 plus benefits for Horseshoe Lake playground personnel—seasonal and part-time
School-age child care: Total operating expenses: $519,858 (2008: $597,813; $51,400 for school district facility rental; $11,100 for transportation; $8,000 for arts and crafts materials); 2009: $60,695 school district facility rental and transportation, arts & crafts materials not listed.
Other: $16,391 ($15,000 in 2008) for the recreation brochure [Editor’s note: The “recreation brochure” is no longer included in Shaker “Life”]; $6,000 for postage ($2,500 for an ice cream cooler at the concession stand in 2008)