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Carbondale board restores $110,000 in parks capital — volleyball sand and pickleball shade/bleachers — and adopts 2026 budget
Summary
After public comment and trustee debate, the Board of Trustees reinstated $30,000 for Miners Park volleyball sand and $80,000 for engineered pickleball shade and bleachers, and then adopted the town’s 2026 appropriations and budget with those additions.
Trustees voted on Dec. 9 to restore two capital items to the 2026 budget — $30,000 for replacement sand at Miners Park beach‑volleyball courts and $80,000 for engineered shade structures and bleachers at the town’s pickleball courts — and then adopted the town’s 2026 appropriations and budget with those items included.
Background and public input: Staff had removed both items from an earlier draft budget; the town received multiple written comments and two public speakers at the Dec. 9 meeting. Alex Klausman, a local resident and regular beach‑volleyball player, urged the…
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