Remarks by Larry Mboga
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
- Play at 2:33:27
“But my comment, just a comment. It would be nice to reach out to them and say, because of inflation, everyone knows inflation. Everything is going to sky. So because of inflation, we are tending to do this one. So they are aware. They need their mind. Before the contract, they know that it will be an increase, but they don't know how much.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:33:52
“And I think we don't sell the fact that we do create efficiencies behind the scene. We don't even have time to tell you that we create efficiencies. So, but they're doing that, plus there's a clerical issue with the spreadsheet. So those costs have came down, so it's not as high as what originally the 193,000, it's down I think about 170,000, I want to say.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:35:25
“The last one, I will say, but it's not here. I think I've talked to David. If they have the lights at night, we make more money. Because when it's too hot, people like to play late. So think about that one.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:39:01
“yeah no that's a great question i think um prioritizing use is where those those agreements come in and those rates um there we have started repairing that pavilion um just a little bit here and there um but that's the volume discount i guess is my easiest and simple description you know when you we bring a contract to you that's where that you can kind of prioritize that use. But Dave has the best analogy on what this farmer's market specifically would mean per user, per both.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:41:47
“So we've been getting behind, so that's why we're kind of in these situations. So when the contracts are coming for renewal, we've got some larger numbers. But we're trying to put them into perspective here, like a per user, like the dollar for the soccer per child or $25 per team.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:43:10
“I think when we minimized it down to like it's $1 to $2 per booth on an annual basis. I mean, that's why we wanted to give you that perspective because it sounds so big.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:48:24
“We have quorum. Look at that. I guess just...”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:50:09
“To go back to transit, I just wanted to tell you that Katrina had reached out to me on June 19th and was so excited about driving 329 kids. This is the first time that we've had over 300 kids in one day in years. The beginning of the year, we were excited to have 200 kids in one day for the first time. So it was cool to hear.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:55:24
“Yes. The revenue is going to pass through into our budget, but that would offset the fee increase that Patrick's providing. Is that the best description, Patrick?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:56:13
“So I think I'm going to run through here next steps because what I'm hearing is, well first in primary I did bucket out soccer a little bit different than the rest just because of that innovation funding. Hobbs is getting closer to closing that gap, but I do see your point and I think we're on We're on track with what Aaron Brewster had mentioned with a 10% there, and then they're having the ability to break even with the tools that we've talked to them about, and they've avoided innovation funding, so I don't know if that one's kind of on track with that 10%. Is that something that we're…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:57:10
“Yes, because I know in turn it does make difficult conversations and a lot of emails and a lot of conversations, but we thought it'd be very valuable. And I'll email you this presentation, but just to hear what does that mean per child or per user group to put these large percentages in perspective. pool from what I'm hearing we're we're kind of okay with that that direction it's kind of we do put intentionally we don't increase down to the penny just because of making change right and we have to make sure I won't shake that cashiers can properly create the right amount of change so whole…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:58:55
“So keeping swimming lessons as affordable as possible as well.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:58:59
“Okay. Because those are in the recreation budget.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:59:06
“It doesn't meet the cost. I mean, that's 45. Patrick's requested 50 per student. But we're subsidizing that whole program of recreation for”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:00:24
“So I'm hearing to keep Fairfax pool daily admission maybe and swimming lessons that are very affordable.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:00:49
“That's one of them we wanted to stay away from paid parking at as well, just internally. Recreation, again, swimming lessons does fall under that. We are requesting more from the school, again, for the DPI funding. Our 2031 goal is 60% recovery. That'd be an annual about 15% increase in the fee schedule.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:01:34
“Well, yeah, that's part of why I was mentioning the changes with pavilions, just to show that they're looking at. Sometimes Patrick might want to drop one program that has no attendance. instead of increasing the fees overall. So that's where your operational management comes into play. So they do make those efficiencies behind the scenes that make sense for their program. So he might not want to try to increase the full 15%, but if it's maybe in certain areas and lowering that swim, keeping that swim low, there's a lot of things behind the scenes. But again, charging. Part of that, too, is…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:02:44
“I think there's a scholarship program too, though. I mean, it's something we should look at, but then the scholarship program helps with Eau Claire Area School District children that are enrolled in the district that can get a percent discount on recreation. So that might help another way.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:04:03
“And so that's one of the numbers too that can be adjusted, the percent scholarship on the program to help offset some fees as well. Stadium and ball fields, that one. We again are close on Express. Those other items we're still going to be kind of working through. So I think something that'll help us going forward, you know, even 10 years, probably more so 10 years down the road is having those contracts indexed to the fee schedule, like Patrick's saying. So Hobbs was like that. and you look at that percent recovery rate, now we look at these where they're having those set amounts, just like…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:05:18
“And that's something we haven't discussed with any of them at this point, so they might be hearing it tonight, but I don't know what those conversations have been in the past. But that's a good proposal, too, depending on how they're funded and if they have ability to pay, too, as well, or donations.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:06:28
“I mean, we could definitely look at applying that same concept, though, to ball fields.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:06:34
“Yeah. Soccer, this one is very confusing, but I've talked about that one a little. So if you want a recap on that one, let me know. I don't want to repeat myself too much. But we think we have a good path forward, and we'll be requesting a five-year recovery for 80% of the field use. We use the field 20%, so it's kind of a little bit more of a discount that we're kind of passing along to them. And pavilions and parks, what I was hearing is the smaller pavilions, we need to maybe be less aggressive on that recovery. And we do look at these overall as a whole. So maybe some of those larger…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:07:48
“30% of 80%. I love things like that, yeah.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:07:51
“Okay. Okay. So at this point, I mean, this path forward retains the Parks and Recreation's budget. We are holding open one parks position right now. We'll look at kind of splitting that over time and stepping into using a seasonal maybe for part of that to help contribute to keeping costs down.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:08:45
“It's going to be, yeah, they've already, we're holding open a position right now. There's less mowing. We were just talking a little bit about they would like another entire FTE for Half Moon Beach for the weed harvesting. So, yeah, it does mean a lower level of service within parks.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026