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Parks department presents FY2026'027 budget: just under $18M total, $6.7M capital fund
Summary
Director Liz Langenbach told commissioners the Parks & Recreation Department's budget is just under $18 million, with personnel costs just over $7 million, a $6.7 million capital fund and line items including CAP Trail design, Flatiron Park phase 2, aquatic-center repairs and a $4 million placeholder for Rodeo Grounds Phase 2A construction.
Liz Langenbach briefed the commission on the Parks & Recreation Department's draft FY2026'027 budget and identified capital priorities carried from the strategic plan. "As of now, according to the budget, we are at just under 18,000,000 as a department that we will be responsible for," Langenbach said, noting personnel costs exceed $7,000,000 and the capital fund sits at $6,700,000. She described smaller funds: senior services at about $195,000 and grants at about $165,000, and an estimated $750,000 in development-fund revenue tied to projected North-end development.
Langenbach summarized capital projects in the CIP list: CAP Trail design (city's portion), Superstition Shadows dugout replacement and safety fencing, aquatic-center exterior painting and water-feature replacement, MultiGen Center strength-equipment replacement, Flatiron Park Phase 2 concrete loops and plaza, and Rodeo Grounds Phase 2A construction with a $4,000,000 allocation listed under that project. She explained that the design and project-management budget line covers all of Phase 2, not only the Phase 2A construction scheduled for the coming fiscal year.
Commissioners asked about personnel numbers and timing; Langenbach said finance is still finalizing personnel counts and staff will return with updated figures. No formal vote occurred on the budget at the meeting.
