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Parks & Recreation director outlines FY26-27 draft budget and aquatics risks
Summary
Staff presented the Parks & Recreation working draft for FY26-27 showing personnel and operations adjustments, fixed-asset asks for court resurfacing and pool maintenance, and warned the city could face $140,000—$200,000 of additional annual pool costs if a developer withdraws from an operating agreement.
Parks & Recreation staff presented a working draft of the FY26-27 departmental budget, emphasizing that some items belong in the CIP (capital improvement program) while departmental line items reflect operations and maintenance.
Staff summarized line-item changes: a projected personnel-services decrease of roughly $70,000, a maintenance-and-operations decrease of about $32,000, and various supply and professional-services adjustments. Fixed-asset requests included a $95,000 placeholder for resurfacing and restriping pickleball courts and $55,000 for pool gutter/grating and umbrella fabric replacement.
On aquatics, staff said lifeguard and pool maintenance services are contracted and proposed an additional $10,000 in the contractor line to cover increased hours and chemical costs. The contractor rate was described as $122 per hour for weekend coverage, which staff said equates to roughly $30.50 per lifeguard when overhead and oversight are included.
Staff also warned of fiscal exposure tied to a developer-funded neighborhood pool. Under the existing agreement (parties referenced the developer Hines), the developer is required to operate the pool for roughly 227 public hours; if the developer or HOA exits the arrangement, the city could face additional annual costs estimated between $140,000 and $200,000 depending on service levels. Separately, staff reported a preliminary city-wide property valuation decline of about $187 million that they estimated could reduce property tax revenue by approximately $785,000, creating an early-year shortfall to be addressed in budget deliberations.
Ending: Staff said the FY26-27 draft is a working document to be refined; committee members asked follow-up questions about training line items, contractor cost composition and the implications if the developer stops operating the neighborhood pool. Staff said the city attorney is reviewing the developer agreement and that the department will continue to refine estimates and present them to council.
