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Herriman to bring parks fertilization in‑house to save costs and add seasonal staff time
Summary
City hosts said the parks department plans to stop contracting out lawn fertilization and instead hire a seasonal employee and buy equipment; officials said the move would lower annual costs, improve quality control and provide six months of extra staff time.
Herriman city officials said the parks department is preparing to bring fertilization work in‑house after finding it would cost less annually than contracting the service and would provide additional seasonal staff capacity.
"We feel like we hit that number now where it justifies bringing that in house now," Speaker 1 said. "We feel like we can do better with quality control, managing that, make sure they get to all the areas needed in the city and then during the winter and off times we've got an extra employee that can really help and we're still saving taxpayers money at the end of the day."
Hosts explained the analysis showed hiring a full‑time seasonal employee, purchasing equipment and operating for six months could be cheaper than the existing contract and would leave the city with six additional months of staff time for other assignments.
Officials characterized the change as a way to "maximize public money," noting many departments need additional staff and that parks ranks high on that list for operational need. No specific contract end dates, employee classification details, or dollar figures for the expected savings were provided in the podcast.
