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Montgomery staff propose rolling park maintenance into single bucket; council debates higher funding and capital projects
Summary
Staff suggested combining park maintenance lines and asked council to consider raising park maintenance and capital allocations; council members discussed using a single maintenance ‘bucket,’ boosting funding to $100,000–$120,000 and a $200,000 capital ask to revamp Homecoming Park.
City of Montgomery public works staff asked the council during the June 9 budget workshop to consider combining several park maintenance line items into one consolidated account and to raise total available park maintenance funding to support high-use sites such as Memory Park and Cedar Lake Park.
Public works staff member Mike said the department proposes three two-person crews instead of the current configuration and asked for increased parts-and-maintenance funding to reflect rising repair costs. For maintenance, staff and several…
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