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Parks & Recreation budget focuses on millage-funded projects, ADA upgrades and trail work
Summary
Budget staff and Parks & Recreation presented a $11.4 million proposed Parks and Recreation fund driven largely by the recreation millage; planned capital includes Donovan Park ADA bleachers, Delia Dog Park shade structure (partially foundation-funded) and trail/parking repairs.
Jennifer Varney, the city’s budget and finance director, told council that the Parks and Recreation Fund is a special revenue fund with proposed FY25–26 revenues just over $11,000,000. Varney said about half of that revenue — roughly $5.4 million — comes from the recreation millage and the fund also receives a general-fund transfer of about $3.2 million to support non-millage recreation expenditures.
Varney said the proposed parks budget totals approximately $11.4 million, with personnel costs at about $4.8 million…
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