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Parks and cemeteries: city restores spending, seeks staff and mapping for aging burial grounds
Summary
Parks superintendent Tim Carpenter reported restored FY26 funding closer to FY24 levels, ARPA-funded playground projects, strong golf revenues and high cemetery workload; councilors pressed for additional staff and a cemetery mapping solution as Melrose nears capacity.
Parks Superintendent Tim Carpenter told the finance committee on June 17 that the department’s FY26 budget seeks to restore several line items cut in FY25 and that the city’s ARPA allocation will fund multiple playground and park improvements across Brockton.
Carpenter said renovations completed with ARPA funds included the Cosgrove Pool and other park projects, and that the 2024 golf season was the program’s highest grossing on record with roughly $1.746 million in gross…
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