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Surf City parks director proposes deputy-director role; council debates sibling discount for summer camp
Summary
Parks director Frank proposed reclassifying the administrative supervisor position to deputy director (funding split 34% accommodations tax/66% general fund) and eliminating one special-events coordinator. He also proposed a $30-per-week sibling discount for summer camp; councilmembers questioned applying it to nonresidents and declined to adopt it by consensus, sending it to the March agenda.
Frank (director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism) presented two staffing and fee proposals to the Surf City council on Feb. 19 after announcing the upcoming retirement of a long-serving administrative supervisor.
Frank said he proposes reclassifying the administrative supervisor to a deputy director, mirroring the director—ormat and funding 34% of the position from Fund 21 (accommodations tax) and 66% from Fund 10 (general fund). He told the council he expects that reclassification and the elimination of a special-events coordinator would produce net savings while preserving capacity to support tourism operations.
On a separate item, Frank proposed a $30-per-week flat sibling discount for the town summer camp (144 slots per week while using Surf City Elementary), applicable to residents and nonresidents alike and calculated as a dollar-per-sibling reduction rather than a percentage. "Right now, it's $235 per week for a resident, and we're asking to offer a $30 discount per week per sibling," he said, adding that staff would start the program with summer camp and evaluate later expansion to other programs.
Councilmembers asked for financial detail and debated whether nonresidents should receive the same discount as town residents, with one councilmember urging that taxpayers should not subsidize nonresidents. Frank said prior years indicated the program pays for itself and that expanding the discount could encourage participation, but council did not reach unanimous support for applying the discount to nonresidents. The mayor said lack of full consensus means the measure will be placed on the March 3 agenda rather than handled as a consent item.
Council expressed support for the proposed personnel reclassification in principle and asked department staff to provide the detailed pay and savings calculations before formal adoption.
The council gave staff consensus to move the deputy-director reclassification forward for formal consideration and instructed staff to return with financial details and fee-schedule language for the sibling discount at the March meeting.
