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Budget cuts would delay parks improvements and several facility projects, staff say
Summary
The county proposed shelving or scaling multiple parks and facilities projects — including Doctors Lake improvements, a Treehouse rebuild, parking-lot work and library repairs — to help balance the budget; staff recommended finishing designs then seeking grants or sponsorships for construction.
Clay County department heads reviewed a long list of proposed parks and facilities projects that staff recommended for deferral or scaling under the budget reduction options presented June 17.
Parks and recreation director Justin Pierce told commissioners that the Doctors Lake project is a multi‑phase $1.6 million program (pier, kayak launch and bulkhead first) currently in design; staff recommended finishing design work (about $200,000)…
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