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Council reviews $209,000 Nature Park playground bid; staff proposes one-time fund balance draw
Summary
A $209,000 playground bid for Nature Park was presented; staff said $100,000 has been allocated in the truth-in-taxation schedule and the remaining roughly $60,000 could be covered from fund balance as a one-time expense or deferred until post-adoption on August 4.
Staff told the council that the Nature Park playground bid totaled $209,000 and summarized available funding sources and timing constraints. "So then the next item was the the Nature Park bid, which was $209,000," Peter said. He noted that staff had already set aside $100,000 for parks in the truth-in-taxation schedule and that new growth revenue accounted for about $39,000 of the total; the gap—roughly $60,000—would be a one-time fund-balance item under the scenario presented.
Council members debated whether to order equipment now (and use fund balance) or wait for the August 4 truth-in-taxation adoption before touching the $100,000 set aside in the schedule. Several members warned that using tax-designated funds before formal adoption could complicate bookkeeping, while proponents urged a budget amendment to allow ordering and installation to proceed so the project could be completed sooner. Staff said equipment could be ordered after August 1 under the taxation schedule scenario and that timing for installation would likely be six to eight weeks following order placement.
