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Lake Stevens reports $32,000 operating shortfall at The Mill in 2024; staff propose fee changes and efficiency measures
Summary
Parks and Recreation presented a 2024 usage and finance summary for The Mill showing $82,164 in rental revenue but a $32,000 deficit for public rentals after staff costs; staff outlined policy and operational changes to reduce the gap.
Sarah Garceau, Lake Stevens parks and recreation director, told the City Council that the department’s 2024 financial analysis for The Mill counted 59 public rentals, $82,164 in rental revenue and, after allocating facility and parks staff costs, a roughly $32,000 operating shortfall on the public side of rentals.
Garceau said the department’s analysis "is set up assuming a 70% availability for public rentals in this building, while 30% of the time it is reserved for city only business." That allocation was used to apportion shared building expenses to public rentals. She said the department allocated 70% of communications, operations, repair and utilities to the public side (about $23,300) and assigned $90,007.94 in staff costs to the public-rental…
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