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Shakopee council approves Parks & Rec management restructure aimed at efficiency and savings

Shakopee City Council · April 22, 2026
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Summary

Council approved a parks and recreation management restructure that creates an assistant director of recreation, reassigns several manager roles, eliminates a vacant ice arena specialist position and projects modest net savings for 2026.

The Shakopee City Council on Dec. 16 approved a management‑level reorganization in the Parks & Recreation Department intended to align staff classifications with CAPRA best practices, improve succession and reduce workload pressure on staff.

Parks director Kelsey outlined the changes: promote the recreation program/service manager to assistant director of recreation, transition the recreation facilities manager to ice facilities manager, move the community outreach…

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