Answers department telephone calls, receives and greets visitors to the department and provides information to callers and visitors; Serves as central person for reservations and scheduling of Park and Recreation rental facilities; Ability to create publications and brochures from general information provided by department staff; Responds to citizens' questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner; Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities; Screens visitors, telephone calls, faxes, mail and messages directed to office personnel; Dispatches information to key Park and Recreation personnel as necessary; Answers customer questions requiring detailed programmatic knowledge of Park and Recreation operations; Follows up on complaints from customers involving gathering information from several Departmental and intra-Department sources; Prepares correspondence, lists and other documents on computer; Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems; Gathers, assembles, updates, distributes and/or files a variety of information, forms, records and data as requested; Copies, packages and distributes a variety of written materials as requested by office personnel; Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; Attends meetings, conferences, workshops and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on the principles, practices and new developments in assigned work areas; Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification. The principal function of an employee in this class is to serve as a central communication point within the Parks and Recreation Department and to provide service to customers both in person, via the telephone or any other electronic means as well as providing clerical and administrative support functions to office personnel.