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Parks director to ask city council for $90,000 as pool repairs and equipment needs mount
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Parks Director John told the London Board of Park Commissioners he will ask the city council on Sept. 22 for a $90,000 supplemental appropriation to cover immediate shortfalls at Seashore Waterpark and other maintenance needs, and outlined larger capital items that would require future council approval.
Parks Director John told the London Board of Park Commissioners that he will ask the city council on Sept. 22 for a $90,000 supplemental appropriation to cover shortfalls in the parks department budget and immediate repair needs at Seashore Waterpark and other facilities. “I’ll be asking the council for additional appropriation on September 22 at the city council meeting,” John said.
The request follows a broader budget reduction the department described as roughly $450,000 trimmed from the 2024 baseline during the 2025 budgeting process while the city also increased employee pay. John said the department absorbed pay raises for 15 full-time staff and roughly 70 seasonal employees and now faces multiple maintenance and replacement…
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