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Resident warns Elkton Parks & Recreation salary may be too low to sustain programs
Summary
A resident told the council the posted Parks & Recreation position—listed at $50,000—appears insufficient to cover duties including community center management, and estimated full staffing and coaching needs could total about $123,000 a year.
Resident Gene Kite addressed council during public comment to raise concerns that the town's Parks & Recreation job description includes responsibility for managing the community center and that a $50,000 salary would not reasonably cover the workload. He said he found a job description listing community center management and said the salary level would likely lead to high turnover if program activity resumes at previous levels.
Kite estimated total staffing costs, including coaches to support youth participation, could reach about $123,000 annually and asked council "where the additional $83,000 would be sourced" within what he described as a "tight budget." He also clarified he was not speaking to advocate for his daughter, Heather Kite, and praised her performance as EACC Manager.
Council did not record a response or funding source in the minutes; the matter was raised as public comment and identified as a budgetary concern during committee reporting on Parks & Recreation.
