Mayor outlines aggressive 2025 projects including pool renovation; finance director reports $4.71 million general fund surplus

Mayor Ron Van Kirk told the Brooklyn City Council that the city has an “aggressive” 2025 project schedule that includes a major pool renovation, street resurfacing, traffic-signal upgrades and other public-works projects, and he announced the reimplementation of a senior grass-cutting program beginning this spring.

Finance Director (Mr. Raguse) reported that the city’s 2024 general fund year-end surplus is $4,710,000. That surplus will be transferred to the capital reserve fund to help finance the recreation center pool renovation project, which the meeting transcript lists with a project budget of $14,000,000. The updated total set-aside amount for the pool renovation is $7,760,000; the director said the remaining portion will be covered by drawing down the fund balance and issuing debt later in the year.

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