TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
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FROM: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
DATE: May 6, 2024
RE:
Title
Amendment to Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation Operating Agreement
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4 - The City of Fayetteville will be a highly desirable place to live, work and recreate
Goal 5 - The City of Fayetteville will be a financially sound city providing exemplary city services
Executive Summary:
The agreement to consolidate Parks and Recreation in Cumberland County is 20 years old. The original Operating Agreement is unchanged over that time period and needs to be updated. The most significant change needed is the provision by which Cumberland County pays for indirect administrative costs to the City of Fayetteville. In order to charge Cumberland County for actual indirect administrative costs, an amendment is required that must be adopted by both elected bodies. The proposed change will ensure that the indirect administrative costs are passed along to Cumberland County in accordance with accepted accounting standards.
Background:
Last year, Council directed staff to work with Cumberland County to amend the Operating Agreement. The Operating Agreement governs the consolidated department partnership and specifies how the transition would take place and assets and people would be merged in addition to operational procedures and expectations. Until now, the 2004 Agreement has not been modified and the provision dictating the administrative costs that Cumberland County pays to City of Fayetteville was locked at $60,000 annually.
City Of Fayetteville ACM Adam Lindsay, Cumberland County ACM Brian Haney, and FCPR Director Michael Gibson met several times to discuss changes. At the County's request, we considered and are prepared to make other changes to the agreement in order to align with current practices and in acknowledgment that some thing...
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