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Council seeks clarity on parks funds and $2 per-bill surcharge after budget questions
Summary
Council members and staff asked for clearer accounting of multiple parks revenue streams — the $2 per water-bill surcharge, voluntary donation funds, CIP allocations and general-fund maintenance — and directed staff to present consolidated fund balances and a clearer process for parks-board recommendations.
La Marque council members used the budget workshop to press staff for clearer accounting of several distinct revenue streams that support parks work: maintenance and operations (M&O) from the general fund, the city's voluntary one-dollar donation program, a $2 per water-bill park surcharge, and project funds in the capital-improvement program (CIP).
Mayor Pro Tem and several council members asked why the $2-per-water-bill surcharge did not appear in…
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