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Park board reviews 2025–26 budget; playgrounds and skate park funding face contingencies
Summary
Alderman James Cleave told the Pacific Park Board on July 14 that the Board of Aldermen approved the city’s 2025–26 budget but several park projects — including playground equipment at Liberty Field and plaque replacements — remain contingent on transfers and other revenue.
Alderman James Cleave reviewed the parks portion of the city’s fiscal 2025–26 budget at the July 14 Pacific Park Board meeting and told members the Board of Aldermen has approved the budget but not all transfers from contingency that would make some projects immediately spendable.
“The biggest one is skate park,” Cleave said, and he listed other large items in the parks budget including playground equipment, pool contract and staffing, security cameras, parking-lot sealing and park improvements. Cleave told the board the total park spending in the package is about $1,327,000 and said roughly $600,000 of sales tax revenue arrives under a parks/storm split (about $300,000 estimated for parks). He explained some…
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