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Parks director asks Nueces County to consider $600,000 encumbrance for pavilion, habitat monitoring adds unexpected cost
Summary
Parks department staff presented a revised budget to the Nueces County Commissioners Court, proposing to encumber $600,000 from its $1.44 million fund balance for capital improvements — including renovating Briscoe King Pavilion — and warned a new Army Corps permit creates habitat-monitoring costs of roughly $21,000 the first year.
Scott, a parks department staff member, asked the Nueces County Commissioners Court to consider encumbering $600,000 from the department—s fund balance to pay for capital improvements, saying the work would produce measurable returns and reduce reliance on the county general fund.
Scott told the court his department—s fund balance stands at $1,443,003 and proposed adding $450,000 to an existing $150,000 contingency appropriation to create a $600,000 capital pool for projects such as renovating the Briscoe King Pavilion, upgrading pier concession kitchen facilities and improving RV-park amenities.
Scott said the pavilion renovation is projected conservatively to generate about $75,600 in additional annual revenue, modeled as one weekly meeting (52 meetings a year) at current demand levels. He noted the department has outperformed past revenue projections, saying last year—s revenue exceeded $1,000,000 by $24,054 and current…
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