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Mansfield park board adopts $27.2 million FY 2025–26 budget
Summary
The Mansfield Park Facilities Development Corporation adopted a $27.22 million FY 2025–26 budget after a public hearing and vote on Aug. 21, approving projects including a $10 million Rose Park redevelopment and leaving a projected ending balance of $8,499,155.
The Mansfield Park Facilities Development Corporation voted 7–0 on Aug. 21 to adopt its proposed FY 2025–26 budget, approving $27,220,432 in revenues and a slate of capital projects including $10,000,000 for Rose Park redevelopment (Hardy Almond) and $3,550,000 for the Walnut Creek linear trail.
The vote came after Chair (Speaker 3) read the budget into the record during a public hearing. The budget text, as read aloud by the chair, lists a projected beginning balance of $13,485,946, revenues including sales tax of $11,275,594 and other fees, operating expenditures of $11,157,223, and total projects of $21,050,000, producing a projected ending balance of $8,499,155. With no public speaker cards, the hearing was closed and Speaker 2 moved to approve "the FY 25–26 budget as read," a motion seconded by Speaker 1; the motion "passes seven-zero with Raul absent."
Why it matters: the adopted package funds multiple park and facility projects across Mansfield, including playground improvements, linear trail phases, field renovations and the Rose Park redevelopment. The budget identifies bond proceeds, program fees and mineral lease income as part of the revenue mix and sets capital priorities for the coming year.
Board and staff said the package balances ongoing operations and capital work. Executive director (Speaker 4) earlier in the meeting had reported sales tax was "pretty flat," "1% for the month" and still "up 8.6% over last year," and presented a projected cash-flow starting balance that staff said would carry into next year. The budget reading also itemized major project allocations, including $1,550,000 for Robert and Anne Smith Park improvements, $1,150,000 for playgrounds and $3,550,000 for linear trail network projects.
What’s next: with the board's adoption, staff will proceed with the projects and related change orders and contract actions already in process; several items (change orders, contract amendments) were noted as pending council action or future agenda items. The board did not receive public comment at the hearing and took no amendments to the budget on the floor.
Sources and provenance: the budget figures and project list were read into the record by the chair during the public hearing and are part of the meeting record.
