Community Recreation - Administration<strong>Park</strong> Administration and Programming is responsible for the administration of programminginitiatives to provide a variety of activities in the parks. In addition, these departments coordinateand monitor the overall activities within the <strong>District</strong> to ensure that program goals and objectives areattained.CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICERCommunityRecreationCentralRegionNorthRegionSouthRegionDEPARTMENT BUDGETSDepartment Name - CPO 2010 Actual 2011 <strong>Budget</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Budget</strong> % ChangeCommunity Recreation - Admin $ 1,486,403 $ 1,698,738 $ 1,034,139 -39.1%Central Region $ 23,799,246 $ 25,093,746 $ 24,870,284 -0.9%North Region $ 24,342,790 $ 25,906,942 $ 25,727,450 -0.7%South Region $ 25,928,085 $ 26,778,613 $ 26,599,143 -0.7%Community Recreation - Sports II $ 12,911,177 $ 6,661,943 $ 7,030,205 5.5%Community Recreation - Sports I $ 3,874,362 $ 4,001,961 $ 5,528,239 38.1%Community Recreation - CAN $ 2,018,875 $ 3,252,537 $ 4,963,760 52.6%Wellness $ - $ - $ 461,086 0.0%<strong>District</strong>wide $ 68,591,174 $ 70,723,285 $ 71,631,663 1.3%Total - <strong>Park</strong> Admin & Programming $ 162,952,112 $ 164,117,765 $ 167,845,969 2.3%68
Community Recreation - AdministrationCommunity Recreation focuses on the <strong>District</strong>’s core mission of providing high quality leisureservices to <strong>Chicago</strong> residents and visitors. The department consists of the Central, North andSouth Regions as well as three divisions Aquatics, Athletics, and Culture, Arts and Nature (CAN).These three divisions help support programs and events in the regions as well as offerspecialized programming within the various athletic and cultural disciplines.Department ExpendituresAccount 2010 <strong>Budget</strong> 2011 <strong>Budget</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Budget</strong>Personnel Services $ 1,014,593 $ 1,186,743 $ 899,201Materials & Supplies $ 17,110 $ 27,363 $ 11,688Small Tools & Equipment $ 216,181 $ 215,950 $ 73,250Contractual Services $ 238,519 $ 268,682 $ 50,000Total $ 1,486,403 $ 1,698,738 $ 1,034,139$1,750,000$1,250,000$750,000$250,00020102 20112 <strong>2012</strong>2011 Accomplishments Developed training curriculum expanded training for additional position titles including AreaManagers, <strong>Park</strong> Supervisors, Recreation Leaders and Attendants.Started to implement suggestions made from the eleven committees on Community RecreationImprovements. Some of the improvements include a new Partnership form that will enable thePartnership process to be streamlined and easier for the park staff to collect pertinent information.Also new athletic fields permit and room rental form was developed.A new employee orientation plan was developed in order to help recent and future hires of the parkdistrict make a smoother transition into the work force.Re-introduced updated opening and closing procedures to help parks standardize procedures andgive staff a documented level of accountability.The Community Recreation Department has secured funding and prepared twelve locations to takepart in a Community Engagement /Fee study focusing on programs for the fall of <strong>2012</strong>.<strong>2012</strong> Goals Develop and implement evaluation tool to capture performance measures for after schooland day camp programming.Update day camp and youth manuals to a user friendly electronic version.Continue to implement recommendations from the Eleven Committees.Use information gathered from the Community Engagement/Fee Study Grant to present foradditional funding for programs and training.69