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Pataskala parks director reports $100,000 shortfall across park functions; concession staffing and pricing changes planned
Summary
Parks staff reported year-to-date revenues mostly up but an overall roughly $100,000 gap between expenses and revenues across parks functions, with concession losses tied to two poor-performing events; staff plans to reduce weekday concession staffing and increase marketing for next pool season.
Pataskala parks staff told the City Council that parks and pool operations showed revenue increases in many categories but that combined expenses exceeded revenues by roughly $100,000 for four parks-related functions this year.
Chris, the parks staff presenter, said the concession stand recorded about $835 in inventory losses across the season — about 9.6% of food costs — and that two specific events (a morning swim meet and a low-turnout July 4th) accounted for nearly $407 of the loss. "We lost quite a few hot dogs," Chris said, citing those two events as…
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