3. PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET
7% 2%
11%
Administration
Personnel (Full Time)
Personnel (Part Time)
43% Personnel (Summer Hire)
Passive Parks
Tennis Courts
19%
Athletic Parks
Program Operation
Landscape Maintenance
2%
3%
9% 4%

4. 2%
Administration
 Supports the department vehicles, office
equipment, equipment
maintenance, professional training and
certifications.

5. 43%
Personnel (Full Time)
 Director
 Administrative Officer
 Office staff
 Program Coordinator
 Special Events/Seniors and Facility Coordinator
 Athletic/Tennis Coordinator
 Parks Maintenance

6. 43%
Personnel (Full Time)
 Supports 11 full time staff, 3 part time office-program
staff, and seasonal summer staff.
 National Park Guidelines is 6.25 – 10.5 acres of developed
open space per 1000 population – 10 acres per 1000
population. Maintenance staff guidelines vary. The City does
not meet the minimal standards of park maintenance
employees per park acreage. Therefore, staff stretches to
include the maintenance of the 36,000 sq ft Activity Building
including a full size gymnasium.
 43% of the budget is personnel, that are professionally
educated and certified. Collectively, we successfully deliver
100% service to the community.

7. 4%
Personnel (Part Time)
 3 Part time office / program assistants
 2 Part time summer maintenance staff

8. 9%
Personnel (Summer Hire)
Summer program hire expenditures are
offset by revenues generated from the
summer camp programs.

9. 3%
Passive Parks
 Taylor Park – to be completed by July 09
 Church Street Park
 Rogers Bridge Park
 W.P. Jones Park
 collectively 40 ½ acres
 Reduced budget by $9,550.00 in the areas
of facility maintenance, repair & utilities.

10. 2%
Tennis Courts
 W.P. Jones
 Bunten Road
 Reduced the budget by $8,930.00

11. 19%
Active Athletic Parks
 104 acres
 Bunten Road
 Scott Hudgens
 Reduced the budget by $17,600.00

12. 11%
Program Operations
 Program Operations
 Reduced budget by $8,500.00 in the area of
equipment.
 Supports * instructor fees, supplies and
materials, equipment, senior programs, and
supplies for program expansion.
 Instructor fees are expenditures that are paid by
the revenue they generate.

13. 7%
Landscape Maintenance
 Supports professional turf management
of athletic fields, landscape areas and
irrigation.
 Reduced the budget by $25,060.00

14. How are we going to successfully deliver
quality service on a reduce budget
 The Department will do more for less.
 The Department has eliminated
outsourcing basic grounds maintenance
services.
 Compressed staff work week.
 Staff is cross trained in all areas.

15. New areas of revenue
 Senior Citizen Association
 Program fees
 Facility usage fees
 Open Gym membership
 Fitness Membership
 Increased weeks of summer camp
programming