The personnel savings are enormous - all salaries (full and part time, all employee benefits (health insurance, workers compensation, sick leave, vacation costs, hiring and training expenses, etc). The city also saves some administrative overhead by not having to deal with payroll and personnel supervision. There could be reduced insurance costs (aside from WC) in liability and property coverage (if the city transfers that to the vendor). The cost of maintenance and repair of the equipment would also be contracted away from the city. There are a lot of advantages to contracting programs. The only obligation to the city would be contract management and oversight (not of the program, but the vendor). I hope the city recognizes the value. Current full time employees of the gymnastics program could be moved to other essential programs. Temporary employees would most likely be hired by the contractor. Most other gymnastics program in the area pay their employees a higher rate of pay and do not have to follow the government rule of only allowing temporary employees to work no more than 1,000 hours per year. A private contractor would also be able to offer benefits such as health care and vacation pay. Temporary employees would most certainly benefit from contracting the program. Most all city recreation services are already being contracted out successfully including programs within Gymnastics such as circus arts. There would be little change to those who use the facilities and IMO the community would see improvements and increased class offerings. Received on Tue May 19 2020 - 13:23:16 PDT
