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Parks department outlines FY 2026'27 budget: $11.8M expenses, revenues projected under $5M
Summary
Management analyst Scott Wagner told the commission the Parks & Recreation department's FY 2026'27 expense budget is about $11.8 million while projected revenues are under $5 million, yielding an expected cost recovery near 42%. He described three funding sources (general fund, Measure M, Lagoon Valley gate proceeds) and capital funding from development impact fees.
Scott Wagner presented the Parks & Recreation FY 2026'27 operating budget and capital improvement program at the Aug. 5 meeting. "So our total, expense budget for the year is, 11,800,000," Wagner said, and he added that projected revenues will be "a little bit short of $5,000,000." He explained the department's three primary funding sources (general fund, Measure M local sales tax, and Lagoon Valley gate proceeds) and said capital projects this year are funded primarily by development impact fees.
Wagner outlined major program buckets and cost-recovery goals (pay-to-play programs targeting near 100% recovery, facilities targeting 50% recovery, community well-being programs targeting 35%), and noted a departmental structural budget issue that froze service-and-supply budgets and preserved a 2.5% reduction introduced in the prior year. He identified planned CIP activity (Centennial Bike Park, Sierra Vista Neighborhood Park, kitchen remodel, interior repaint at a recreation center) and said approximately $2.7 million in development-impact fees were available for distribution this year.
