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Council subcommittee backs reallocation to fund seasonal park and street workers, keeps pool funding pending grant
Summary
Department heads proposed reducing equipment purchases and shifting funds to seasonal hires for cemetery, parks and the street department; the pool line remains in the budget while officials await a YMCA grant decision in February.
Laurie Garcia, the public properties department head, asked the Lorain City Council finance subcommittee on Jan. 13 to reallocate existing budget lines to fund seasonal workers and keep basic services at cemeteries, parks and city-owned properties.
Garcia told the committee she wanted "an additional $5,400 for one seasonal to help keep the grass cut at the cemetery," and later proposed moving $45,000 from a planned new-equipment purchase into seasonal wages for parks. She said the park department could not operate without seasonal staff.
The request followed a line-by-line review of the department…
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