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Council questions staffing and budget-neutral claim for new Parks and Recreation administrative division
Summary
Council members pressed the administration about nine headcount in the newly created Parks and Recreation administrative division, where five positions were moved from Public Works and four are new; finance and department leaders were asked to show whether the reorganization is truly budget neutral.
Alexandria Nichols, the newly appointed director of Parks and Recreation, appeared before the City Council's budget hearing to explain a newly created Parks and Recreation Administrative Division that is shown in the 2025 operating budget with nine positions and a $1,112,683 total expenditure line for the division.
The division’s director, Alexandria Nichols, told the committee she is “excited about the implementation of the master plan and for the development of the Parks and Recreation Administrative Division,” and described planned administrative roles including an assistant director, an administrative manager and support managers for finance, human resources and communications.
Council members pressed the administration and the finance director for details about whether the division is budget neutral as earlier described to…
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