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Vacaville Parks & Recreation presents 2025–26 operating budget; staff point to modest reductions and steady scholarships
Summary
Parks and Recreation staff presented a proposed FY 2025–26 budget with a 2.7% total increase over the current year, a projected 48% cost recovery for department operations, and targeted reductions of about $240,000 to meet citywide fiscal constraints. The department plans to keep the recreation scholarship program at $150,000.
Management Analyst Scott Wagner presented the Parks and Recreation Department's proposed operating and capital budgets at the June 4 meeting, explaining program-level breakdowns and proposed cost reductions.
Wagner said the department's total proposed expenses across funds are approximately $11.2 million for FY 2025–26, a 2.7% increase over the current year, with projected revenues of about $5.1 million and an overall cost recovery around 48%. Wagner noted that the department's expense base is primarily salaries and benefits (about 36% of general-fund spending) and part-time wages (about 24%).
To help close a citywide $11 million shortfall, Parks and…
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