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Council approves park donations, e-gaming program and lifeguard residency waiver requests
Summary
Councilors discussed a temporary half-pipe donation for skateboarding, a contracted instructional e-gaming program for two recreation centers, a proposed waiver of lifeguard residency rules, and a $25,000 appropriation to the Syracuse Parks Conservancy.
Commissioner Saisha Byrd, the city's Commissioner of Parks, presented several park-related items to the Syracuse City Common Council, including acceptance of a temporary half-pipe donation for skateboard use, a contract with a vendor to run an instructional e-gaming program at Wilson and Southwest recreation centers, a proposed amendment to Ordinance 96 to add a waiver of residency for lifeguards, and annual appropriations to the Syracuse Parks…
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