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City staff outlines FY25–26 Community Services budget and park capital projects; some items held as limited‑period
Summary
Community Services staff summarized recommended FY25–26 operating adjustments, one-time items and capital improvements that will go to City Council for final adoption on June 24, including continued contracts for urban-forest outreach, Shoreline biological monitoring and several park renovation projects.
City staff presented a fiscal-year 2025–26 Community Services Department budget and Capital Improvement Program update to the Parks and Recreation Commission on June 11, describing ongoing operating adjustments, one-time limited-period requests and a set of capital projects for council consideration June 24.
Lindsay Huang, senior management analyst for Community Services, told the commission the recommended FY25–26 budget is structurally balanced but that staff were proposing only a small number of ongoing budget increases. Ongoing adjustments listed included a citywide utility cost increase for all departments, a janitorial contract-rate increase (including new restrooms at Rengstorff Park and several school sites) and a proposed additional park maintenance worker to support Rengstorff Park.
Huang described a range of limited-period (one-time) items recommended for renewal in 2025–26, including the…
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