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Sun City West board reviews FY2627 operating and capital scenarios, flags master-plan funding choices
Summary
CFO presented a FY2627 operating budget with modest FTE additions, a proposed content/media specialist, website/member-portal upgrades and multiple capital scenarios. Staff modeled ways to fund potential master-plan projects and suggested phased dues/APF increases or timing shifts for irrigation projects to preserve reserve targets.
The Recreation Centers of Sun City West governing board spent a large portion of its March 13 workshop reviewing the proposed FY2627 operating and capital budgets and potential approaches to finance master-plan projects.
CFO Cliff Swan said the proposed budget includes roughly 495 FTE-equivalent positions (about 630,000 labor hours) and a net six-FTE increase year over year to support higher seasonal activity, additional monitor hours, and a new administrative content/media specialist to expand community engagement and marketing. Swan described an assumed 3% merit pool and other wage pressures and budgeted a 7% increase for health insurance.
Why it matters
Budget choices affect membership dues, capital allocations and the ability to execute larger projects recommended by a forthcoming master plan. The board asked…
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