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Parks department asks council to fund bigger events, master plan and a third recreation coordinator
Summary
Parks & Recreation staff told the Town of Harrisburg’s budget workshop that growing program participation and larger events are driving requests for new capital work, a $50,000 parks master plan update and one new recreation coordinator; staff asked for a nonbinding go‑ahead to proceed on a $242,000 July 4 program budget.
Parks & Recreation leaders told the Town of Harrisburg’s council during a budget workshop that rising participation and larger events justify new staffing, upgrades and a parks master plan.
The department’s presenter (Parks and Recreation Director, speaker 6) said youth athletics and adult programs are returning after pandemic disruptions and that spring registration rose roughly 30% versus 2021. He listed the department’s annual revenue mix as rental income $30,000; registration fees $500,000; concessions $50,000; splash pad $35,000; July 4 $85,000; special events $20,000; and contributions $50,000 — “a little over three quarters of a million dollars” in total, he said.
Those increases, the presenter added, are driving capital and operational requests…
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