City Manager Charles Theofan vows to continue doing well
The City Manager of Long Beach, Charles Theofan recently released this statement that they will continue their services in the 2011 season with same zeal and zest.
Long Beach is the city situated in Southern California, which is famous for the challenging sport of Beach Volleyball. It is said that the City of Long Beach earned its estimated revenue during the 2010 season and that is what tempted them to continue their
services. The exciting news is that they have confirmed to stick to the same team rates and volleyball league fees this summer.
Sandra Clarson, the City Comptroller revealed the statistics that they earned $63,850 in the previous season. Last year, City had increased the fees by 50.4% and same was expected this year. In a rough estimation, Theofan had expected to earn $63,000 in
the 2010 Season but the City crossed the figure.
Following the enormous success in 2010, Theofan commented, “I’m sure there weren’t any less teams as a result of the rate increase, so it’s generated money for us. It has become immensely popular.”
Prior to the official statement of Theofan, it was generally believed that the city would shut down some of the popular leagues. However, now it has been confirmed that ball will be rolling over the net at the same velocity. Theofan further ensured that
team fee will remain $100 and daily beach passes would be available in the same price range of $12 per person.
Taking a look at the other side of the picture, City Management also received some criticism. The Director of the East End Volleyball League, Rick Heiles said that the increase of fee did not lessen the number of participating teams during last summer but
it definitely affected the consistency of teams.
On the other hand, Theofan stated, “We’re not raising rates to generate money, but to cover the costs of facilitating the teams being able to play there. We need to maintain the beach, we need someone to come down there in the evening and close up the bathrooms.
We don’t want to be losing money in that endeavour, so from time to time rates are [going to] go up. That’s part of life.”
In response, Helies pointed out that teams have not been given better facilities and cited a reference from the Facebook group as well that players were not happy with the services. However, City of Long Beach will once again set the field for play and it
will be a better chance for City Organisation to prove their endeavours.
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