Parks staff outline 2026 budget timeline, stress limited revenue and rising costs

City parks and recreation staff presented a two‑month schedule of touchpoints and a high‑level strategy for the department’s 2026 operating and capital budgets, telling the advisory board they will return in June with numeric proposals and ask PRAB for a formal recommendation in July.

Stacy Hoffman, city budget analyst with the department, and Jackson (business services manager) described PRAB’s role in the budget cycle and a timeline that calls for a preliminary departmental review in May, a draft operating and capital budget in June, and a PRAB action item in July to forward the board’s recommendation to the executive budget team and city council. City council study session dates and ordinance readings were listed as October 9 (first reading) with a possible second…