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Selma recreation board schedules March 17 special meeting to review parks budget
Summary
The Town of Selma Recreation Advisory Board set a special budget meeting for March 17 to review parks and recreation finances after members flagged registration declines, uniform cost increases and a 2025 softball line with expenses despite zero registrations.
The Town of Selma Recreation Advisory Board voted Feb. 17 to hold a special budget meeting on March 17 at 6 p.m. in the Jernigan Building to dig into parks and recreation finances.
At the regular meeting, a member identified in the transcript as Unidentified Speaker (S3) moved to set the March 17 special meeting and the motion passed after a voice vote. The board clerk (Unidentified Speaker (S2)) was directed to schedule the meeting and send an email notice.
Board members said they need a focused session because several line items require clarification. They cited a near-halving of basketball registrations from 2024 to 2025 and asked staff to break out registration-to-pay status by sport so the board can distinguish registrations that never paid, incomplete transactions, or registrants who signed up but did not play. Unidentified Speaker (S2) said this breakdown would help the board understand which programs are losing revenue and incurring costs.
Concerns that prompted the special meeting included a uniform expense that rose from about $500 in 2025 to roughly $2,000 in 2026 and a softball account that showed zero registrations in 2025 while recording $1,800 in costs. Board members discussed whether single-line accounting and outsourcing of services made some current-year costs appear higher and asked staff to clarify which expenses are recurring versus one-time purchases.
The board also reiterated prior policy choices on registration fees: members said the town does not charge late-registration penalties and instead uses early-bird incentives. One attendee raised a $69.97 line that they believed related to late registration or uniform ordering; staff were asked to confirm the nature of that charge at the special meeting.
Unidentified Speaker (S2) suggested the board prepare a short agenda of priority line items in advance and provide supporting documents to all members to make the March 17 session productive. The special meeting is expected to focus on budget reclassifications, program-level revenue/expense reconciliation and recommended adjustments for the FY26 parks budget.
The board adjourned the regular meeting after scheduling the special session.
