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From:Rhoda Fry
To:Public Comments; City Clerk; City Council
Subject:December 2 City Council, Agenda Item #11, budget format
Date:Sunday, November 30, 2025 4:35:47 PM
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Dear City Council,
December 2 City Council, Agenda Item #11, budget format
From what I can tell, the City operates four recreational businesses:
the sports center,
the golf course,
the blackberry farm pool/picnics, and
the senior center.
1.Can you please track all of these entities separately in open gov?
For a short time, I was able to do this, but don’t seem to be able to do it anymore.
2.Please keep in mind that when there have been studies to get rid of the golf course,
the golf course enterprise fund has been charged for that expense. That hurts the
perceived bottom line of the golf course.
Only the first two, sports center and golf course, are run as enterprise funds. In the past, the
golf course and pool/picnics were together in a single enterprise fund. At some point,
pool/picnics were split out – it is a good thing to track the golf course on its own. However,
pool/picnics were no longer being tracked as an enterprise fund. Similarly, I think that the
senior center might have also been an enterprise fund, which was later disbanded. I wonder
why half of the entities are not being run as enterprise funds.
I had asked multiple times at the audit committee that we be able to track these four
“businesses” in open gov. After a while, I was able to do this. But I don’t see any way how to
track the four of them anymore. Also, the Blackberry Farm enterprise fund was renamed, per
my request, to include “golf” so we all know what we’re talking about. Thank You for that.
Regards,
Rhoda Fry