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Clearfield outlines operational revamp for Aquatic & Fitness Center to improve cost recovery
Summary
Director Eric Howes presented FY25 figures (about $1.4M revenue, $2.2M expenditures) and proposed operational changes—concessions limited to prepackaged items, fewer fitness classes, adjusted pool hours, childcare restructuring and an added Assistant Center Manager—to move cost recovery toward a 75% target.
City staff presented financial figures and a package of operational changes aimed at improving cost recovery and efficiency at the Aquatic & Fitness Center.
Director Eric Howes reported FY25 revenue of approximately $1.4 million and expenditures of roughly $2.2 million, producing a cost recovery ratio near 63–65 percent; Howes said the department’s goal is to reach 75 percent or higher (a national benchmark). Proposed changes include switching concessions to prepackaged food and fountain drinks to simplify operations and reduce staffing needs; reducing fitness classes from about 70 per week to 42–45 per week while retaining the most-attended classes (additional classes may require extra fees or contracted instructors); and an estimated annual savings of about $42,000 from class reductions and concession changes.
Howes also proposed downgrading a childcare supervisor position (preschool services would be discontinued) while maintaining drop-in childcare, reducing evening open-plunge hours during weekdays and eliminating the slowest Sunday hour, adding Wednesday full-facility rentals, eliminating the spectator gate fee during swim meets via a hand-stamp system, and adding an Assistant Center Manager position funded by reassigning Manager-on-Duty duties. Commissioners and staff discussed the trade-offs between service levels and cost recovery and noted membership increases of approximately 30 percent as a positive trend toward improved recovery.
