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Committee approves $1 million intra‑department transfer to reallocate supplies for parks maintenance division
Summary
The Budget Committee advanced Resolution 25‑287 (as amended to a hand‑carried CD1) to shift $1,000,000 within the Department of Parks and Recreation from grounds maintenance to Maintenance Support Services (MSS) to supply trades that respond to high volumes of park work orders.
The Budget Committee on Oct. 14 recommended reporting Resolution 25‑287 (as amended to a hand‑carried CD1) for adoption after the Department of Parks and Recreation sought a $1,000,000 transfer to align current fiscal‑year funding with the department’s reorganization that restored Maintenance Support Services (MSS) as a division.
Dori Amano Mitsui of DPR told the committee the money is not tied to a single park or project but will be distributed to trades within MSS — plumbing, welding, masonry, carpentry and others — to provide base supplies needed to respond to “thousands of work orders” the division receives each year. “For example, the MSS plumbing section is receiving the largest portion of the funds as they handle the largest number of work orders,” Amano Mitsui said. The funds will be used for supplies such as replacement toilets and sinks, irrigation repair components, metal for gates, aggregate for concrete repairs and similar materials.
Why it matters: DPR said the transfer aligns supplies with the functions that actually perform repairs and maintenance; the amendment corrected activity names to conform with the city’s budget ordinance and made technical drafting changes.
No in‑person or remote public testimony was recorded on the item. The committee accepted a hand‑carried CD1 that corrected activity language and conforming edits and recommended reporting the resolution out for adoption with no recorded objections.
