Green Valley Recreation (GVR) is a non-profit organization that operates and maintains thirteen facilities and one Member Services Center. Each facility offers a variety of amenities for members to enjoy that includes swimming pools and spas, fitness centers, tennis, bocce ball, pickle ball, a variety of clubs, instructional classes and special events and concerts. It is GVR’s intention to maintain facilities and recreational activities at an optimal level, provide for necessary capital maintenance, repairs and replacements as needed, improve existing facilities when funds permit, and preserve GVR’s contingency reserves set aside for emergencies.

The budget process began in July with final approval granted by the Board of Directors on September 27th. The process included the preliminary review and approval of the Operating and Capital Budgets with the Planning & Evaluation and Fiscal Affairs Committees in early September.

The Capital Budget was approved and reviewed with the Planning & Evaluation Committee. The $741,858 budget included several large repair and maintenance projects for roofs, shuffleboard courts, spas, pools and outdoor showers, fitness equipment, flooring and carpeting, and electrical service panels. The budget also includes new computers, servers and software required to maintain the administrative functions of the organization. Capital projects were prioritized by safety, maintenance, demand, energy savings initiatives and member/club requests.

The consolidated Operating Budget of $7,494,146 was approved and reviewed by the Fiscal Affairs Committee. Revenues for 2012 were projected to increase by 3% with guest card fees, initial fees and income from cell towers on the roof of two GVR facilities. Expenses for training were cut over 20% with GVR’s development of a comprehensive in-house training program utilizing an internal library of videos, low cost and free conferences, webinars offered by vendors and business partners, and third party facilitated training programs from our affiliate resources in HR. Costs were also reduced over 10% in Information Technology and Maintenance contracts through negotiation of lower pricing coupled with the objective to doing more work internally with the skilled staff GVR has hired over the past year.

GVR maintains two contingency reserve funds. Based on the interest earning allocations coming from the investments that secure the reserves, GVR projects the Operating Reserve will increase .75% to $537,585. The Replacement Reserve will increase by .74% to $1,945,657.
GVR’s objectives in 2012 are to:
• Set goals and objectives in alignment with the Executive Director’s vision for GVR
• Review processes for restructuring, streamlining, improvements, cost reductions
• Utilize skilled staff in Building Services to take on more facility repair and maintenance to reduce costs, reduce project delays, and increase quality work
• Focus on compensation, retention, training and performance review processes in Human Resources that celebrate GVR employees and give them the tools to succeed.

Please call the Finance Department at the Member Services Center with any questions at (520) 625-3440, extension 7205.