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M Session 1309, Minutes Page 14 June 7, 1982 ees Pay, Mr. Ollendorff said a request had been made for additional personnel for animal control. However, a temporary employee from the Summer Youth Employment Pro- gram will be assigned to this function, and he recommended against changing this de- partment's personnel budget. No comments were forthcoming from Council. Parks and Recreation, Maintenance (page C-73). Mrs. Metcalfe had asked that 2.01 Agricultural Supplies (trees) under Commodities be discussed. She said she drew up a table last year, comparing the number of trees being planted with the number being removed, and that fewer were being planted than were removed. She was concerned about this and asked that the Council try to be aware of and report to the adminis- tration areas in neighborhoods which need tree plantings, and in this way the number of trees will be kept up to the level citizens want. On page C-80, Parks and Recreation, Recreation, under Personal Services, 3.0 Tempo- rary and Part-time Employees Pay, two questions were raised by Council. The first was that this budget did not include funds to partially support a coach for the Uni- versity City Swim Club. Mrs. Metcalfe said the Club had only recently been informed that support might be withdrawn, and also, their membership was not now large enough to pay the full salary of a coach. She suggested that the Club be given an oppor- tunity and time to increase its membership, and in the meantime, allot them half (or $450) of the amount they originally asked for, in order to provide the time needed to increase membership, and informing them this was to be a one-time occurrence. The Mayor called for a vote, and all voted to extend the support suggested by Mrs. Metcalfe except Mr. Lieberman, who voted Nay. The other discussion item was the use of tennis attendants. Mr. Ollendorff said $5,200 was in the budget for two tennis attendants, one of whom was to be at Heman Park and the other was to be a roving attendant. However, the.University City Ten- nis Club had requested that an attendant be assigned to Flynn Park, and this was ap- proved by the Park Commission as a trial for this summer only, with permits to be required for play at Flynn. Play at the other two court locations would continue to be free. This trial would not require a change in funds allocated. The other option would be to reduce the amount and have an attendant only at Heman. Mr. Levy said he was uncomfortable with placing an attendant at Flynn, and thought perhaps it was not a good prioritizing of the City's funds--he thought there should be a roving attendant or the money should go toward upgrading the tennis courts at Heman Park. Mrs. Metcalfe said several key points were missing in this reasoning. One point was that the Tennis Club was new this year and it was promoting tennis in a way that has not been done before. According to a report she received, the amount collected for tennis permits so far is far above the level of last year at this time. She said there were several problems with a roving attendant-=he cannot monitor playing time on a court for any length of time, thereby ensuring equal time for all, and he also cannot ask non-residents to leave the court, if resident permits are not re- quired, which may prevent University City people from using their own courts. She suggested that the proposed plan be given a one-year trial, with the premise that it must come very close to paying the cost of the attendant at Flynn, and with the option that the attendant at Flynn could be sent to Fogerty or Kaufman Parks, if needed. Mr. Ollendorff said he concurred with some of the points made by Mr. Levy, however, he was not against the proposed plan being given a one-year trial, although the administration felt it would not bring in enough money to pay for the attendant at Flynn. Mr. Levy asked Mrs. Metcalfe what would preclude the Tennis Club from utilizing the Heman Park courts, and using the money saved by not having an addi-