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Janesville council rescinds long-standing parks and recreation cost‑recovery policy after debate
Summary
The City of Janesville council voted 5–2 to rescind Council Policy 64, which set cost‑recovery targets for recreation programs, after staff said recent accounting and the Woodman Sports & Convention Center’s separate fund made the policy redundant with the annual budget review process.
The City of Janesville Common Council voted 5–2 on Nov. 24 to rescind Council Policy 64, a decades‑old policy that established cost‑recovery goals for parks and recreation programs.
Neighborhood and Community Services Director Jennifer Petrozzello told the council the policy—first adopted in 1988 and revised in 2019—set specific cost‑recovery targets such as 35% for the senior center, 90% for the ice arena and 50% overall for the recreation division. She said removing the Woodman Sports & Convention Center (the ice arena) into a separate fund reduced the…
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