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Park board adopts 2026 Parks and Golf budgets and approves initial parks levy budget for ballot planning
Summary
The Spokane Park Board approved the Parks and Golf 2026 budgets and an initial levy budget to be incorporated into the city budget if the November ballot measure passes. Finance staff warned interfund allocations and wage adjustments remain subject to citywide finalization and any necessary amendments will return to the board in November.
The Spokane Park Board voted to adopt the Parks and Golf 2026 budgets and approved an initial parks levy budget to allow staff to incorporate levy figures into the city’s December budget if the November ballot measure succeeds.
Rich presented a roll‑up of department budgets and the parks fund. He said program revenues were forecast modestly higher than 2025 actuals and highlighted major cost drivers: higher utility charges, increased interfund allocations (IT, central services and other city overhead) and…
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