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Parks commission recommends FY 2025–26 priorities including pool filter replacement and staff reorganization
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to recommend its FY 2025–26 capital and supplemental priorities — including an estimated $400,000 pool sand‑filter replacement, $1,000,000 for Centennial implementation, and a proposed maintenance reorganization — for submission to the Board of Supervisors.
The Carson City Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously recommended the department’s FY 2025–26 capital improvement and supplemental budget priorities to the Board of Supervisors, directing staff to forward the commission’s priorities and to continue refining requests during the city’s budget process.
“We're right in the middle of budget season,” Parks and Recreation Director Jennifer Budge told commissioners. Budge summarized a multi‑fund request list and said staff prioritized projects and proposed a limited reorganization of maintenance staff to address recruitment and retention challenges.
What the commission recommended - Quality of Life capital priorities: staff placed replacement of seven aging pool sand filters at the top of the list with an initial estimate of about $400,000 (including demolition, labor, plumbing and new media). Budge said the filters are “beyond their useful life.” - Centennial Park implementation: staff recommended using existing Quality of Life allocations (a referenced $1,000,000 in FY25 funding) toward master plan implementation and initial…
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