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Council presses for details on recreation staffing, security contract and pool maintenance
Summary
Council members pressed the Parks & Recreation team about staffing levels, security contracts and maintenance spending for recreation centers and pools in the 2025 budget.
The Recreation division’s portion of the 2025 budget drew sustained scrutiny from council members about staffing, programming, facility maintenance and security.
Commissioner Samuel Gissentaner and Parks and Recreation Director Alexandria Nichols answered questions about a wide range of line items, including a notable increase in “other contractual” from prior years to $3,535,000 in the proposed budget. Finance staff said roughly $2.4 million of that total funds recreational security services at facilities; other amounts include youth sports, school‑neighborhood resource programming, summer tennis, skating‑rink management and temporary custodial services.
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