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TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Joseph A. Baird DATE: December 6, 2000 SUBJECT: Gun Range —Staffing and Budget Indian River County will soon be opening the newly constructed gun range. This is a specialty business and a new venture for Indian River County. Currently staff has been negotiating a contract with Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission for a concession contract to operate the Indian River County Gun Range which was constructed through a 51,040,018 grant. Staff has not obtained final approval on the contract, but due to the time constraints we felt it was imperative that staff move forward simultaneously in obtaining approval on the operative details of the gun range. Staff has attempted to develop the proposed hours of operation, fees, budget, and staffing plan . This information has been hard to find, however, we have been fortunate to have the assistance of Holden Kriss, the Range Master from Markham Target Range. Preliminarily, we have developed a rough enterprise budget for the first year. We feel thVW gun range will not break even far at least two to three years. Staff has attempted to keep the budget as low as possible, keeping in mind we will need to have enough employees to keep the gun range safe. Presently we are recomntending four (4) full time employees and four (4) part- time employees to staff the range for approximately forty-two (42) hours of operation each week. In the contract with the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, the gun range must be open at least five days a week. Once the range has operated for a period of time, then historical information on revenues and expenditures will be available. At that time it may be necessary to revisit the operating budget for the range. Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners approve the following: 1. attached staffing level 2. attached Proposed Fees 3. attached Proposed Revenue and Expense Budget 4. attached Budget Amendment December 12, 2000 �z� nu I