Draft Recommendations - Youth Day Camps
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The following excerpt is from the Executive Summary of the Review of Services Report of Draft Recommendations. Detailed findings on this service are available in document downloads at right.
The City has a responsibility to ensure that there are adequate programs available within the community to promote a healthy and safe physical and mental environment for children/ youths. The provision of recreational day camp programs meets accessibility and affordability public policy objectives in that the services are provided across the City and at reasonable rates, with subsidies available for families in need.
The role of the City should be clarified in terms of directly providing the service versus other roles such as co-ordinating and facilitating the provision of programs available by all agencies in Kingston. Therefore, it is recommended that the City pursue opportunities to improve community partnering and identify the capacity within the market to permit existing agencies to directly provide services on behalf of the City, where appropriate.
There is a need to develop a business case prior to expanding any existing services or developing new programs to offer. In addition, there is a need to develop a clear user fee and cost recovery policy for residents and nonresidents, given that these services are currently subsidized by the taxpayers of the City of Kingston. Formal discussions should be held with existing service providers, through the establishment of a Committee/Task Force to review opportunities to work in a noncompeting manner and provide an appropriate forum for input.
