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Fife parks staff report strong swim and senior-program revenues in budget update
Summary
Parks staff told the advisory board that aquatics and senior programs outperformed projections through November 2025, with swim fees at about 140% of projected revenue and senior-program revenue at roughly 315%; board approved corrected Dec. 3 minutes and set agenda items for Feb. 4.
FIFE, Wash. — Parks staff told the Fife Parks Advisory Board on Jan. 7 that department revenues were tracking above projections through November 2025, led by swim fees and senior programs.
"We are at a 140% of our projected budget for 2025 for swim fees," Parks staff member Marta said, citing open recreation swim at about 97% of projection and swim lessons at about 92%. Marta also said senior programs produced revenue at roughly 315% of the budgeted amount, driven largely by sold-out senior trips.
The staff budget report noted aquatics expenses were about 85% expended through November, leaving roughly 15% of that budget unspent; recreation expenses were near 77% spent with revenues at 111% of projections for concessions; parks expenses were about 75% spent with about 25% remaining. Marta told the board a few recent deliveries of playground equipment (approximately $120,000–$125,000) will appear in the December budget and may roll into 2026 if not yet invoiced.
The information matters because the board advises city council on parks priorities and capital planning; higher-than-expected revenues for certain programs could affect allocations for programming and maintenance in the coming year. Board members asked whether the senior-program surplus reflected more seniors or different programming; Marta said staff had focused on trip programming and outreach and also noted the senior-program revenue budget is relatively small, so modest absolute gains can produce large percentage increases.
On a procedural item, the board moved and passed a correction to the Dec. 3, 2025 minutes. Mia Knight moved to approve the minutes as corrected and a board member seconded; the chair called for the vote and recorded unanimous assent.
Board members and staff also discussed that the "pool rentals" line item cited in the budget refers specifically to birthday-party rentals; school, team and nonprofit swim rentals are tracked separately.
The board set its next meeting for Feb. 4 and asked staff to bring updates on Wedge Park and the Fountain Memorial nomination process at that meeting.
