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Parks staff present 2026 operating and capital requests; batting-cage costs draw scrutiny
Summary
Parks staff reviewed the proposed 2026 operating and capital budgets, highlighted capital priorities tied to the master plan and noted staff and equipment requests; trustees and the PROS board raised concerns about the cost and viability of the town’s batting cages.
Parks and Recreation staff gave the PROS Advisory Board a detailed walkthrough of the department’s proposed 2026 operating and capital budgets and highlighted likely capital priorities the board could push into 2026 through budget amendments once the master plan is finalized.
Staff described operating-line reorganizations (for example, combining tree maintenance lines into a single ‘tree care’ line), recurring maintenance needs and small capital items such as soft-trail resurfacing. The presentation explained that revenues did not match all initially proposed…
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