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10- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 6, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Committee cool to arena closure plan From page 1 The initial budget -- as yet not yet approved -- for the Scugog Arena in 1999 shows operating costs of $400,854, up about $27,000 over what was spent in . 1998. . Projected revenues for 1999 are at just over $300,000, which leaves a shortfall of about $100, 000, that is to be paid from the general tax levy. Last year, the shortfall was $127,000, or about $52,000 more than the budget called for. Scugog CEO Earl Cuddie said the main reason for the red ink last year was the need for increased maintenance and repairs, which he said had been allowed to slide badly the previous couple of years. He said a lot of "time and manpower" was required last year to bring the arena back to acceptable standards for overall maintenance and repair. "The worst is behind us," he said. And he told committee members a couple of times that the Scugog Arena is certainly not unique in costing the taxpayers money: "They (arenas) are a drain on municipal budgets." He noted that this summer two full time arena staff members will be assigned to work for the parks and roads depart- ments, and two will remain at the arena. These full time employees are in the union for township employees, he told the com- mittee. Parks and Rec commit- tee chair Ken Carruthers was opposed to the idea of shutting down the arena totally for five months each year. He also was against the method in which Uxbridge ; AW Arena operates. It pays for itself, but the user Dietlein groups receive grants from the township to keep their fees down. Scugog puts its grant into the operation of ' the arena rather than the individual user groups. He said attempts in the past to operate the arena without a full time manager were a mistake. That has been changed recently with a manager hired to operate the arena and the community centre. Part of the manager's job will be to book events at the arena in the summer months to help increase the revenue stream. And municipal staff are now preparing a summer works program for the arena, which will spell out exactly what mainte- nance and repairs must be done while the ice is out. Although the committee took no action on the proposal made by Councillor Dietlein, Regional Rep Ken Gadsden said the suggestions for cost cutting are "help- ful." The new Scugog Community Hall also came under fire at Monday's meeting for the amount of money it is costing taxpayers each year. Mayor Doug Moffatt said flatly, "it is not paying its way, and it should be." Figures for the hall at the arena show it lost about $26,000 last year, and is pro- jected to lose another $24,000 this year. Operating costs are projected at $63,000 in 1999, with revenue at $39,000. Mr. Cuddie told committee members that with Scugog's population base of just over 18,000 people, it will be a long time before the hall operates at a profit or even a break-even basis. "Just like the arena, it is a drain. Other halls in communities do not pay for them- selves," he said. Councillor Gadsden said when the hall was first built, there was "good evidence" that it would operate at a break-even basis at least. He. suggested the key to trimming the hall deficit is aggressive promotion and innovative marketing to bring in more events and more people to those events. Mayor Moffatt suggested that perhaps the township should consider getting out of the hall business by leasing it to private enterprise. "The township putting money into ( oper- ations) all the time just does not make any sense," he said. t The Ball diamonds to stay unlit for now The two diamonds at the Carolyn Best Memorial Fields will remain without lights this year, the parks committee heard Monday morning. Dave Kay told the committee that the diamonds must first be levelled and fenced before the lights can be installed. A five year capital forecast for the Best Memorial Diamonds calls for lighting at just over $60, 000 per diamond to be done in the year 2000, after diamonds two and three are filled and lev- elled, and if the money is avail- able. The forecast calls for fencing of those two diamonds in the year 2000 at a cost of $10,000. And the following year, some $22,000 should be spent on a septic system for washrooms. At the lakefront diamonds, the forecast calls for installing a new hydro panel (with lock- key system) at the north dia- mond at a cost of $3900 and the repair of the fence between the tennis courts and the south dia- mond. 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