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Recreation & Parks faces hiring freeze and $2.4 million in planned cuts as city struggles with $26 million deficit
Summary
City recreation officials told commissioners that staffing vacancies are on hold and the department must absorb roughly $1.2 million in reductions immediately and about $1.2 million more next year as the city addresses a $26 million budget deficit.
City recreation officials told the Recreation & Parks Commission that the city is working through a multi-year budget gap and that the department must take immediate and next-year cuts that will reduce services and hold vacancies.
Mr. Posada, recreation and parks director, said the city is facing a roughly $26 million budget deficit and that the department received target reductions it must implement. "For this year, we're looking at about a $1,200,000 reduction, effective…
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