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Carson City parks director outlines hires, construction projects, legislation and budget priorities
Summary
Parks Director Jennifer Budge reported new hires and promotions, updates on major constructions (Centennial tennis courts, Mills Park pickleball and restrooms), monitoring of state bills, an art donation proposal, and a multi‑year budget request that includes a $1.8 million SNPOMA water‑rights grant and proposed park‑maintenance staffing changes.
Jennifer Budge, Carson City Parks and Recreation Director, used the commission's March 6 director's report to brief commissioners on staffing, capital projects, legislative monitoring, an art donation, budget requests and a proposed park‑maintenance reorganization.
Budge announced a new hire, Eric Landis, as sports field coordinator and two staff promotions: Dylan Goodnight to parks crew coordinator and Bob Tonseth to open space maintenance foreman. She said two park maintenance worker vacancies remain and seasonal positions are being recruited. Budge credited staff expertise on turf and sports‑field matters and noted the department hires inmates for maintenance crews.
On capital projects, Budge reported progress on several items: new dugouts at Field 1 at Pete Livermore Sports Complex, rehabilitation of eight Centennial Park tennis courts using post‑tension concrete, and construction beginning next week on Mills Park pickleball courts using similar high‑quality surfacing. Budge said two new restrooms (Mills and Centennial) are in fabrication and will…
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