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Montrose staff trims parks and community-center spending in draft budget
Summary
Staff reduced multiple parks budget lines and cut proposed community-center maintenance allocations, saying no large projects are planned and funding can be deferred.
Staff reported several parks and community-center line items were reduced because there are no large planned projects. Repair-and-maintenance for parks was reduced from $15,000 to $10,000, a planned $55,000 for non-building park improvements was brought down to $10,000, and community-center repairs were lowered to $10,000 from a prior $20,000 estimate as concrete work and parking-lot projects are not scheduled.
A councilmember noted the $10,000 parks fund can "start something" but acknowledged it is limited; another member apologized for previously allocated music-in-the-park funds being removed. Staff characterized these as prudent short-term cuts to keep the levy from rising sharply while still preserving minimal capacity for small projects.
