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Commission adopts Parks & Leisure master plan; staff and consultant flag $12M maintenance backlog and staffing gaps
Summary
The board adopted the 2025 Parks & Leisure Services master plan after a presentation by consultants. The plan identifies an estimated $12 million deferred-maintenance backlog and recommends raising staffing from 34 to 73 FTEs, prioritizing preventive maintenance and exploring funding including SPLOST, grants, impact fees or a household fee.
The Spalding County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt the 2025 Parks & Leisure Services master plan after a presentation from consultant CPL and project manager Cindy Bonacci. Bonacci summarized the plan’s gap analysis, telling the board, “We estimated and, again, this is an estimate that you are around $12,000,000, in deferred maintenance,” and recommending a focus on preventive maintenance, distribution hubs, training and succession…
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