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Westfield parks director presents 2026 budget: $3.37 million proposed, program transfers add staff and events
Summary
Parks Director Chris presented a proposed 2026 Parks Department budget of $3,374,756, a 2.1% reduction from 2025 driven partly by the transfer of three event/program budgets from Westfield Welcome and the addition of a market manager position. The plan includes capital projects funded by park impact fees and new operating items such as an on-call
Parks Director Chris presented the Westfield Parks and Recreation Department's proposed 2026 budget to the Parks Board on Oct. 1, saying the total request is $3,374,756, a 2.1% reduction from the 2025 budget of $3,441,946 but larger than the mayor's requested 5% departmental cut due to program transfers.
Chris said three programs ' Farmers Market, Jams at the Junction and the Kids Summer Series ' are being transferred from Westfield Welcome into the Parks Department budget. That transfer brings associated expenses and one new staff position, a market manager, into Parks. Chris said the transfers are internal reallocations rather than net increases to the city's overall budget.
Key line items cited by staff include a staffing (100-series) appropriation of $872,164 to…
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