Who Is the Ultimate Authority of the Recreation Department?

[Laker14]

It is my understanding that the Recreation Department is a part of the amenities program.

Is that correct?

If so, some amenities are owned by the developer, some amenities are owned by Village Center Community Development District, and some are owned by the Sumter Landing Community Development District.

Although owned by three separate entities, and funded through those separate entities, there is only one Villages Recreation Department.
How are the people who run the department hired? Who are their bosses?

[TVMayor]

John Rohan 352-674-1800

[tophcfa]

Really, who has ultimate authority over everything in the Villages once you peel back the onion and take a close look!

[Laker14]

John Rohan 352-674-1800

Who hires him?

Who is his boss?

[Bill14564]

Given that:

- Recreational facilities are owned by VCCDD, SLCDD, and by the Developer in the southern areas

- Amenity fees are collected by the same group

- The VCCDD provides many administration services for all of the CDDs

- The supervisors of the VCCDD and SLCDD are selected/elected by the Developer

My guess: The Recreation Department is effectively run out of the VCCDD with the SLCDD and the Developer having significant input.

[UsuallyLurking]

All district government employees are employees of the Village Center CDD. District departments work under the direction of the board of supervisors or other governing authority of the individual districts. For example, in district 4, Property Management follows the direction of the district 4 board of supervisors (typically as expressed in the budget). North of 466, amenities are owned by the Village Center CDD, and a committee of the VCCDD, the Amenity Authority Committee, set the policies and budget that are carried out by the Recreation Department in that area. Between 466 and 42, the Project Wide Advisory Committee, a committee of the Sumter Landing CDD, does that same for amenities in that area. The developer owns the amenities south of 42.

[Laker14]

All district government employees are employees of the Village Center CDD. District departments work under the direction of the board of supervisors or other governing authority of the individual districts. For example, in district 4, Property Management follows the direction of the district 4 board of supervisors (typically as expressed in the budget). North of 466, amenities are owned by the Village Center CDD, and a committee of the VCCDD, the Amenity Authority Committee, set the policies and budget that are carried out by the Recreation Department in that area. Between 466 and 42, the Project Wide Advisory Committee, a committee of the Sumter Landing CDD, does that same for amenities in that area. The developer owns the amenities south of 42.

I hate to be dense, but is there an answer to my question in there?
"All district government employees are employees of the Village Center CDD." Are all district government employees (of all the districts?) employees of the VCCDD?

As I described in the OP, and you repeated, the amenities themselves are owned by 3 separate entities, yet there is only one "Director of Recreation"...so, who appoints him?

[NotGolfer]

Call the district office and find out not on social media.

[Marathon Man]

VCDD Resident Academy (https://www.districtgov.org/ResidentAcademy.aspx)

[npwalters]

Call the district office and find out not on social media.

yeah....let us know how that goes for you. sarcasm intended

[JoMar]

I hate to be dense, but is there an answer to my question in there?
"All district government employees are employees of the Village Center CDD." Are all district government employees (of all the districts?) employees of the VCCDD?

As I described in the OP, and you repeated, the amenities themselves are owned by 3 separate entities, yet there is only one "Director of Recreation"...so, who appoints him?

Look at the org chart.

[Papa_lecki]

Given that:

- Recreational facilities are owned by VCCDD, SLCDD, and by the Developer in the southern areas

- Amenity fees are collected by the same group

- The VCCDD provides many administration services for all of the CDDs

- The supervisors of the VCCDD and SLCDD are selected/elected by the Developer

My guess: The Recreation Department is effectively run out of the VCCDD with the SLCDD and the Developer having significant input.

Eventually, the developer will NOT own the amenities in the southern areas. There will probably be another development district in the south.

There are 6 districts, who hire a district manager, to whom J Rohan reports.

This will help
https://www.districtgov.org/images/Organizational%20Chart.pdf?v=20230123

[Laker14]

Eventually, the developer will NOT own the amenities in the southern areas. There will probably be another development district in the south.

There are 6 districts, who hire a district manager, to whom J Rohan reports.

This will help
https://www.districtgov.org/images/Organizational%20Chart.pdf?v=20230123

You are my hero.

Thank you. Exactly the information I was looking for.

[Bogie Shooter]

You are my hero.

Thank you. Exactly the information I was looking for.

I was just wondering why?

[Laker14]

I was just wondering why?

as is your right.

Wonder away.

[Worldseries27]

i was just wondering why?

a verbal assault on the id'd powers to be

[Lisanp@aol.com]

Attend the monthly CDD Presentation - very informative.

[Cybersprings]

as is your right.

Wonder away.

I love this thread. OP asks a question with no real context. Several helpful people reply trying to give the requested info which is publicly available. OP gives terse followup questions showing they did nothing to help themselves and criticize the responses. Then someone posts an innocuous question about context to all of this, and gets a snarky response from the OP. SMH.

[Marathon Man]

I love this thread. OP asks a question with no real context. Several helpful people reply trying to give the requested info which is publicly available. OP gives terse followup questions showing they did nothing to help themselves and criticize the responses. Then someone posts an innocuous question about context to all of this, and gets a snarky response from the OP. SMH.

Actually, it was the opposite of snarky. "Wonder away" - what a great way of saying MYOB. Asking a question does not require an explanation of why the question is being asked.

[Laker14]

You are my hero.

Thank you. Exactly the information I was looking for.

I love this thread. OP asks a question with no real context. Several helpful people reply trying to give the requested info which is publicly available. OP gives terse followup questions showing they did nothing to help themselves and criticize the responses. Then someone posts an innocuous question about context to all of this, and gets a snarky response from the OP. SMH.


I guess I wasn't as effusive in my gratitude as I should have been.
Actually, once Papa-lecki gave me an answer, and a link, I did go back to the districtgov.org site and found how I could have found it if I'd known where to look. It was nice of Papa-lecki to give me that information and save me the time, trouble, and potential aggravation for looking for something that I wasn't even aware existed.

As far as my response to the question about context, I suppose if I were asking for advice on who to see for marriage counseling, I should be prepared to answer questions about "the context".
If I wanted opinions about the context, I'd have started a thread about it. Simply, not what I was after.

[Larchap49]

I hate to be dense, but is there an answer to my question in there?
"All district government employees are employees of the Village Center CDD." Are all district government employees (of all the districts?) employees of the VCCDD?

As I described in the OP, and you repeated, the amenities themselves are owned by 3 separate entities, yet there is only one "Director of Recreation"...so, who appoints him?

If this ain't politics I don't know what is. It's all way above my pay grade or brain grade, and I'm sure that is exactly what's intended. Don't question just write the damn check