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Council hears increases in parks maintenance costs and weighs dog-waste, ranger and parking options
Summary
Parks officials reported higher fertilizer, field-paint and porta-potty costs tied to greater field use, and councilors debated paying for dog-waste bags and whether to pursue parking fees or resident stickers for high-use sites such as Twinbrook and Broad Cove.
Parks and recreation staff told the Town Council that higher utilization at town athletic fields has driven up maintenance costs for fertilizer, field paint and porta-potty rentals, and councilors discussed several user-fee and enforcement options to control costs and behavior in high-use parks.
Staff said increased field usage at Twinbrook led to higher paint and fertilizer spending; they will send a line-item breakdown of the increases to councilors. Parks management said they coordinate some bulk chemical purchases with the school department to reduce per-unit cost and that some volume discounts…
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