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Staff preview multi-meeting 'pyramid' cost-recovery policy; formal proposal expected by April
Summary
Staff previewed a three-part series on cost recovery for parks programs, proposing a 'pyramid' with multiple categories (replacing the previous rough 50% youth/100% adult rule) and said staff expect to recommend a formal policy with category percentages by April after financial and methodological review.
Staff (speaker 2 and speaker 1) outlined a multi-meeting plan to discuss cost recovery: an initial educational session on methodology, a financial deep dive, and then a recommendation for policy that would assign cost-recovery percentages across 4–5 program categories. Staff framed this as replacing a simpler historical approach that used a 50% recovery assumption for youth programs and 100% for adult programs.
“We're also gonna have a PowerPoint presentation. And, really, the 1st discussion is gonna be about the philosophy — presenting the pyramid methodology that we would like to implement and use as our foundation for cost recovery,” the Director (speaker 1) said. Staff said they expect to return with recommended numbers and formal policy language by April after data review and additional board feedback.
