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Benicia recreation staff report record summer activity, 1,200 swim lessons and nearly $1.6M in department revenue
Summary
Recreation managers reported robust aquatics and youth programming this summer — about 1,200 swim lessons, up to 600 daily pool users on peak days — and Director Dunleavy said the recreation department brought in close to $1.6 million in revenue this year.
Elliot Palmer, a recreation manager, described a typical summer day at the swim center and said the department ran roughly 1,200 swim lessons over the summer and expects about 1,700 for the full year. "So this summer, we did about 1,200 swim lessons just in the summer," Palmer said, and he described swim-team, lesson and senior-use scheduling that keeps the facility busy from morning to evening.
Lindsay Zarcone and other recreation managers reviewed adventure day camp (about 180 children per week over nine weeks), contract classes and growing drop-in sports programs such as pickleball and table tennis. Director Dunleavy told commissioners the recreation division had its biggest revenue year, bringing in close to $1,600,000 for the department. Commissioners discussed staffing, duplication in participation counts (slot fills vs. unique individuals) and how to balance pilot programs with future fee structures.
