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Council presses staff on community center fund, golf contractor revenues and credit card fees
Summary
Council members questioned allocations and capital needs in the Community Center Fund, where staff proposed nearly $4.0 million in sales tax inflow and increased spending for golf operations; members asked staff to study credit card fee mitigation and use of impact fees for park projects.
The Oro Valley Town Council devoted a portion of its May 5 budget study session to Parks and Recreation finances, probing how the Community Center Fund and golf operations are budgeted and asking staff to study merchant fees and possible alternatives.
CFO Dave Gephart said the community center half'cent sales tax is budgeted to bring in about $3.97 million next year; staff described an increase in community center operations mostly driven by water and utility cost increases, higher credit card fees and a change in capitalization thresholds that moves some items from capital to operations. Gephart said parks and recreation is not proposing new…
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