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Committee debates $30,000 pool savings and cuts to parks services including dumpsters and fountains
Summary
Aldermen, the mayor and parks staff debated whether to find $30,000 to keep all three city pools open daily, and weighed other parks cuts — including removing eight dumpsters, pausing fountains, closing a splash pad and reducing plantings — as part of a broader budget tightening.
Committee members and parks staff traded proposals and concerns about several parks-related line items the finance committee flagged as possible cuts to meet this year’s budget goals.
The most contested single item was a $30,000 savings proposal that would keep only two pools open on any given day instead of three; parks staff said the cut would allow one pool to be used for lessons while remaining closed for general swim, saving personnel costs. Parks and Recreation recommended keeping all three pools open and asked the finance committee to identify offsetting savings elsewhere.
Jamie, parks staff, explained the operations trade-offs and told the committee the parks budget is “really to a bare minimal budget” and that further cuts would…
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