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Council teases apart mowing contract, staffing and a standalone cemetery bid
Summary
Council members debated whether to keep mowing in-house, add staff, or contract out parts of parks maintenance, and directed staff to seek a cemetery-only bid while preserving interim staffing levels.
City of Atlanta council members debated options to cover parks and cemetery maintenance during the FY 2025–26 budget workshop, weighing the cost of a city mowing contract against hiring or reallocating full‑time employees.
Finley presented numbers showing the general‑fund mowing contract estimate at about $265,000 and a separate utility‑fund mowing placeholder of $58,064. He told the council that two burdened FTEs with equipment would total roughly $207,000 and that three burdened FTEs would be about $271,000 — figures staff used to compare contracting versus in‑house staffing.
“Virtually a wash from 3 FTEs at $20 an hour versus the motor contract just for general,” Finley said, describing the arithmetic the staff used to build alternatives.
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