DANVILLE — Officials are proposing that a current city employee operate the city-owned Harrison Park golf course for the remainder of the year.

On Tuesday, the city council will consider the agreement in which city employee Brock Burton will operate the course and the golf shop.

This new agreement will be part of a busy night for the city council, which will also be swearing in the newly elected aldermen and Mayor Scott Eisenhauer and Treasurer Lisa Monson, who were both re-elected April 5.

Eisenhauer said the new Harrison Park agreement gives the city an interim solution.

"At this stage of the game, it was too late for us to accept proposals from people or seek out other interests to operate the course for this season," he said.

Last fall, John Smith resigned from the position, and city officials began a search for a new operator. In March, golf professional Matthew Toney from Lafayette, Ind., was hired as an independent contractor to run the facility. But less than a month after starting, Toney exercised the termination clause in his agreement, citing family issues.

Burton, who works in the city's public works department, has been involved in the operation of the golf course in the past and immediately took over the day-to-day operations there.

Public Works Director Doug Ahrens said Burton has an excellent working knowledge of the facility through his many years at the course.

"And we felt it was most important, at this time, to have consistency and continuity through the remainder of this golf season," he said.

Eisenhauer said the agreement that the council will consider Tuesday night pays 85 percent of Burton's salary from golf course revenues. The other 15 percent will come from the city's general fund, he said, because Burton will continue his other duties, which include overseeing Danville Stadium and Winter Park.

Also, Eisenhauer said, the agreement stipulates that Burton, through an incorporated entity, will be overseeing the pro shop and will be responsible for all expenses of the pro shop, including staffing. He will also collect revenues the pro shop generates, he said.

Eisenhauer said that will be the arrangement through the end of this calendar year, and in October, city officials will re-evaluate what to do in the future. Eisenhauer said he did not want to speculate on whether this interim arrangement could become permanent.

"I don't want to make any comments about what we think will be best in October," he said.

The new aldermen to be sworn in Tuesday night include former state Rep. Bill Black, who will represent Ward 7. Others are April Gilbert, Ward 3, along with her husband, Bill Gilbert, Ward 3; Kevin Davis, Ward 1; Michael O'Kane, Ward 4; and Thomas Stone, Ward 5.

Five aldermen will be attending their final meeting Tuesday. They are DeMarko Wright, Ward 1; Dale Brandenburg, Ward 3; Terry Baldwin, Ward 4; Jerry Askren, Ward 5; and Ron Candido, Ward 7.