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Recreation department requests $24,499 for programs, seeks Camp Saradac expansion amid wage and staffing pressures
Summary
Recreation staff presented a package of budget changes including a $24,499 net request to maintain programming, expand Camp Saradac to 220–230 campers, and cover minimum-wage and union-contract impacts. Staff also described reliance on DPW overtime and changes to earlier recreation-managed parking revenue.
John, a Recreation Department staff member, told the Saratoga Springs City Council at an Oct. budget workshop that Recreation is requesting $24,499 in the comprehensive budget package to preserve and expand programming and to offset wage and contract increases.
John said the department’s original requested budget sought approximately $113,000 in additional revenue (about a 7% increase) and about $285,966 in additional expenses (about a 9.7% increase). The comprehensive budget presented to council increased the requested revenue slightly to $119,623 and reduced overall requested expenses by roughly $4,589 compared with the initial request. John said most of the Recreation/DPW-recreation adjustments came on the DPW-rec side, which showed about a $96,000 decrease in the comp package.
The department is proposing to expand Camp Saradac from about 180 participants to roughly 220–230 participants and to…
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