7.d) Staff Report-Winter ProgrammingSCANDIA
STAFF REPORT
Date of Meeting: October 1, 2018
To: Parks and Recreation Committee
From: Judi Negus, Office Assistant
Re: Winter Programming
Background:
Last year we offered three skating programs:
Pleasure Skating (K -61h grade)
There were 9 students registered for this program at a rate of $25 for the six-week class. As in
the prior year, volunteer Parks and Recreation Committee Member Dustin Hegland supervised
the class.
Learn to Skate (for beginner and advanced skaters)
There were 16 students registered for these programs at a rate of $65 for the six-week class.
Katy Herman was a contracted instructor for the Learn to Skate programs.
History of Registrations:
Year
Learn to Skate
Pleasure Skating
2018
16
9
2017
24
11
2016
30
20
2015
26
15
2014
30
15
Issue:
Should the Parks and Recreation Committee offer the Pleasure Skating program and Learn to
Skate programs again this coming winter? Should the Parks and Recreation Committee offer
other winter programs?
Proposal Details:
Staff is proposing the same registration fees as last year. If we offer the Pleasure Skating
program, who would volunteer to supervise the program? I would propose it would run the
same time as last year's program, from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., one day a week for six weeks
beginning the first week of January 2019 at a cost of $25 for the six-week program.
Staff met with Katy Herman, the Skating Director of Cutting Edge Skating Association (CESA) in
Forest Lake and experienced coach, who taught the Learn to Skate programs for the past five
years. Herman is unable to teach the classes again this coming winter. Herman is proposing
another coach, who had filled in for Katy last year when she encountered a conflict, be
considered. Erin Hauer is interested in meeting with staff to discuss instructing the programs.
Staff would propose the Learn to Skate programs run from 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., one day a
week for six weeks beginning the first week in January 2019 at a cost yet to be determined.
Fiscal Impact:
Compensation for the instructor of the Learn to Skate programs is yet to be determined. In
past years, the experienced coach and instructor received 80% of the registration fees as
compensation.
Options:
1. Offer all of the proposed programs.
2. Offer some of the proposed programs.
3. Do not offer any proposed programs.
Recommendation:
Option 1, with the hope someone volunteers to supervise the Pleasure Skating program and an
instructor is secured.