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<br />Golf Course Workshop <br />February 12, 2007 <br /> <br />Senior Resident Membershivs <br /> <br />We would like to increase the incentive of being a Senior Resident Member. At <br />this time we only have 4 active senior resident members that pay $1,000 annually. We <br />would recommend a price reduction of $100 for resident seniors making their yearly <br />commitment $900. This would take an ordinance change. <br /> <br />Emvlovee Membershivs <br /> <br />We get requests from employees that play golf for employees' discounts or <br />memberships. We could offer to full time employees the same rate as our Senior <br />Resident Memberships. We feel like this would be an incentive for employees to use the <br />facility more and also an incentive for employees to take up the game at an affordable <br />price. .We also could offer employees payroll deductions to spread out the cost over 12 <br />months. This would require an ordinance addition. <br /> <br />Senior Rate Time Restructure <br /> <br />We would like to lift the 11 :00 time restriction for senior discounts on weekdays <br />with the exception of Fridays. Most golf courses offer the senior rates all day. We start <br />weekend rates on Fridays at 11 :00. Rates for seniors (60 and older) are: Resident (La <br />Porte only) $10.50, Non Resident $13.50. No ordinance change would be needed. <br /> <br />Credit Card Fees <br /> <br />Years ago, when we started taking credit cards for payment, we instituted a credit <br />card fee of 5% to overcome the processing fees of the vendor. Our percentage of credit <br />card users then was approximately 10%. Now it is 30%. This fee is also charged on the <br />usage of debit cards. <br /> <br />We receive complaints from customers on a daily basis. It makes the cashiers <br />uncomfortable to try to explain the reason of the charge. We would like to be user <br />friendly at our job. If possible, we would like to discontinue the 5% processing fee. It <br />would also help us be more precise when we quote rates on the phone and internet. No <br />ordinance change would be needed. <br /> <br />Promotional Fees / Marketinf! Specials <br /> <br />The rate ordinance sets the green fee and cart fee rates. The general manager sets <br />the time. In this day and time, we now have to market golf by using several promotional <br />tactics. Daily specials, mternet times, holiday specials, etc. Can we put more language in <br />the ordinance to allow the general manager to set rates and manage these marketing <br />promotions? This would be an ordinance addition. <br /> <br />S:\GolfCourse\2007 Workshop.doc <br />