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City of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
Community Affairs and Parks Committee
Rick Still, Parks and Recreation Director
Mayor Ekberg
May 2, 2016
SUBJECT: Increase of 0.5 FTE Pro Shop Staff
ISSUE
Authorize an increase to the 2016 budget to permit the addition of 0,5 Full Time Employees
(FTE) to the Foster Golf Links (FGL) Pro Shop staffing model.
BACKGROUND
When opening the Clubhouse in 2004, the FGL Pro Shop staffing model included 3.75 FTE.
Since August 2014, with the retirement of the Golf Superintendent, FGL has experimented with
operating the Pro Shop with 3.0 FTE. The golf course operates from 30 minutes before sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset 363 days per year, taking Christmas Day and New Year's Day off
from full course operations. There were over 50,000 golf rounds played in 2015 at FGL
contributing approximately $1,700,000 in revenue for the operations of the golf course.
DISCUSSION
The golf course has been very successful with the experimental golf staffing model. However,
with a commitment to excellent customer service and the growth in golf programs, the current
staffing model is proving to be more challenging to meet the needs of the golf course within our
current budget, mainly managing extra labor costs and meeting the needs of the golfers.
One of our current 1.0 FTE Administrative Support Technicians has requested to modify his
position to 0.75 or 3/4-time. This request works well to meet the long term plan for the FGL Pro
Shop staffing model. The future need of having two 3/4-time employees in addition to the current
two 1.0 employees will help provide the hours of coverage and the knowledge base to meet the
needs of the golfing community. To support the staff requested hour reduction and to provide a
better golf experience, an addition of 0.5 FTE is requested to have an additional 3/1-time
employee.
The funding for the additional 0.5 FTE in 2016 will come from: 1) 0.25 FTE balance from the
current position reduction, 2) Pro Shop Extra Labor reduction and 3) Golf maintenance extra
labor reduction.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There will be no direct General Fund impact through the addition of 0.5 FTE to the Pro Shop
staffing model. The combining of current operating budget resources is sufficient to cover these
costs.
RECOMMENDATION
As this is an increase to the budget authorized for Full Time Employees, Council is being asked
to forward this item to the Consent Agenda at the May 16, 2016 Regular Meeting to authorize
the Mayor to fill the position accordingly.
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