Eagle Valley Golf Course manager is laid off by the council

By our code, he's a two weeks'notice, however you just can't have someone present once this recommendation progresses, City Administrator Clint Gridley said. It's just difficult.

The move preserves the city about $20,600 this season and $97,755 next season, according to a staff report.

It'll provide us with some relief in 2012, but the full level of financial benefit will be more in 2013,Gridley said. And that's why there was some urgency to initiate this.

He cited shrinking margin, the difference between revenues and expenses and just what the city uses to purchase capital equipment and debt, because the main reason.

The town opened Eagle Valley Titleist scotty cameron california monterey putter Course in 1998 and Peltier continues to be the manager since then.

He handled administrative and financial tasks that may now be made by the city's finance department, IT and communications divisions as well as other course employees, Gridley said.

There'll be additional seasonal help once the the game opens in the year.

We're trying to use people inside the organization to fill the necessity that the former course manager provided,Gridley said.

He added the Eagle Valley situation isn't unique.

The golf industry has Callaway Big Bertha Diablo Edge Fairway wood struggled during the last several years. Several courses within the metro are already sold, some have closed and employees have been fired, Gridley added.

It's an aggressive industry containing experienced an economic downturn as well as an overbuilding of golf courses inside the 1990s, Gridley said.

(Peltier) helped grow the course. We now have stood a long-term relationship with him, he explained. This is a difficult decision based on the financial situation so we obviously have got to the stage where we felt a decrease in staffing was had to give us the most effective financial relief.

Woodbury City Council recently gave the OK to discount golf clubs lessen Eagle Valley fees so that you can get more golfers and increase revenues.

Thus far the greens may be capable of paying for many operating and personnel expenses because it opened, but it has struggled to fund capital equipment, Gridley said.