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Council trims baseball association request, prioritizes irrigation work
Summary
Council reduced the Dell Rapids Baseball Association's funding request from about $109,000 to $90,000, focusing this year's allocation on ground work, irrigation and sprinklers while deferring trees and equipment to other budget lines or grants.
Councilors discussed the Dell Rapids Baseball Association's budget request and proposed trimming the capital request to concentrate on core infrastructure. One councillor recommended reducing the association's request from roughly $109,000 to $90,000, which would fund groundwork and an irrigation/sprinkler system; items such as trees, a mower and other equipment would be absorbed in other parks or arborist budgets or sought via grants.
Staff confirmed the mower could be absorbed in parks equipment funds and that trees could be budgeted under the city's arboreal line. Council agreed the change would leave the parks budget to handle remaining equipment needs and that this year would likely be the city's last for major capital funding for that project.
No formal appropriation vote was recorded beyond the consensus to adjust the request and include the $90,000 in the parks budget for this year; staff will reflect the change in the ordinance and budget documents returned for the first reading.
