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Norwalk officials introduce plan to expand "Learn and Play" fund to cover recreation personnel costs
Summary
Recreation and Parks staff proposed using the department—s "Learn and Play" revolving account to pay for program expenses and to convert a long-serving part-time reservations analyst to full time, while finance asked for a defined program document and cash-flow details ahead of final deliberations.
Recreation and parks leaders told the Board of Estimate and Taxation on March 20 they plan to broaden the use of a longstanding revolving account known as the "Learn and Play" fund so it can cover additional recreation program costs, including personnel associated with the department—s reservation and scheduling platform.
Robert Stowers and Ken Hughes described the fund as a revolving account used to collect program revenues (summer camps, sports, rentals) and pay related expenses. They said the account has grown in recent years—balances cited in their remarks ranged from…
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