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File #: 2013-0422    Version: Name: Part-Time Membership Coordinator
Type: MOTION Status: PASSED
File created: 6/25/2013 In control: Board of Trustees
On agenda: 7/15/2013 Final action: 7/15/2013
Title: Part-Time Membership Coordinator
Attachments: 1. Job Description, 2. Job Description
Title
Part-Time Membership Coordinator

History
The Recreation Department is requesting approval of the employment of a part-time Membership Coordinator. Funds were set aside during the 2013 budget process in the General Fund for this position pending additional information on the duties and the creation of a job description brought forward for review and approval by the Village Board.

At the direction of the Board, Staff is working to foster new corporate memberships within the business community of Orland Park and to provide for a position dedicated to the growth and maintenance of memberships at Sportsplex. The Membership Coordinator would be supervised by the Sportsplex Manager and work closely with the Sportsplex supervisors and the Recreation Services Representative who has membership retention responsibilities at Sportsplex.

The graph below illustrates the history of corporate membership from 2005 to 2012. Growth in memberships peaked at Sportsplex before the economic downturn. The new Corporate Rate, approved in 2012, provides a three tiered approach allowing businesses, small or large, to take advantage of this program. Corporate Memberships can increase an employee's focus on wellness through fitness opportunities available at the Sportsplex and on the business site.

Year Corporate Membership
2005 -- 5
2006 -- 32
2007 -- 46
2008 -- 36
2009 -- 31
2010 -- 19
2011 -- 20
2012 -- 24

The Membership Coordinator position would be responsible for generating new business memberships by scheduling meetings with prospective businesses, delivering presentations effectively communicating the benefits of wellness, overall fitness and Sportsplex membership to a company or organization. He/She would be responding to questions about fitness principles, fitness programs, fitness trainer usage, and fitness equipment available to members at the Sportsplex. This position would coordinate new busine...

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