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Council considers contracting golf course operations to local association; staff to draft agreement
Summary
After the course operator resigned, councilors discussed a proposal to contract the golf course to the local golf association, which would receive budgeted salary funds and assume day-to-day maintenance while the city retains responsibility for major repairs and equipment purchases.
The Mookerton City Council discussed turning the city's golf course operation over to the local Golf Association after the previous operator resigned, and directed staff to draft a contract for council review.
City staff said members of the Golf Association asked the city to contract daily operations to the association and to allocate the portion of the city's budget that had been intended for salary and wages to the association. "The golf association would like for the city to contract the golf course to them," staff reported.
Under the proposal discussed at the meeting, the golf association would list between five and seven named association members to be placed on payroll; the city would pay $10 a month per listed person to provide workers' compensation coverage for those individuals, and the association would receive the remainder of designated payroll funds. The association would be responsible for daily maintenance and routine equipment upkeep; the city would retain responsibility for major repairs, purchase tires and provide a fuel card with restricted access.
Council members and staff said the association would follow the existing job description for the operator and that tournament green fees would continue to go to the operator (the association under the contract). Staff recommended a clear list of names with one or two people responsible for maintenance and fuel-card receipts. The council discussed having city maintenance staff, including Ben, train association members on mower and irrigation equipment operation.
Councilors asked staff to prepare a draft contract and circulate it to councilors for review. Staff said the draft will include responsibilities for equipment, delineation of work within three feet of irrigation heads (the contractor's responsibility) and procedures for requesting city assistance beyond that zone.
No formal vote on a contract was taken; the council instructed staff to return a draft agreement for further consideration.
