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Report and Make Recommendation on the Fiscal Year 2015 - 2017 Budget for Recreation and Parks
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Report and Make Recommendation on the Fiscal Year 2015 - 2017 Budget for Recreation and Parks
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopts a two-year City budget with the next budget process being Fiscal Year 2015 - 2017.
DISCUSSION
The Parks Maintenance, Swim Center Maintenance, and Hardball Field budgets are funded by the General Fund. Maintenance of Marina Cove and Bayport Parks are funded by assessment districts on the adjacent neighbors and businesses.
All recreation program revenues and expenditures are in the Recreation Fund, which is a special use fund that is separate from the General Fund. In the proposed FY 2015 - 2017 budget, the Recreation Fund is close to balanced. This is an improvement from the last three fiscal years, in which the Recreation Fund had a structural deficit that has been incrementally reduced each year.
The numbers below will vary slightly from the final numbers presented to City Council in late April 2015, as the Finance Department finalizes cost allocations. Cost allocations are transfers made for General Fund internal services and funds, such as human resources, city management, attorneys, and finance department services. It also includes equipment fund set aside, such as vehicles, facilities, and information technology.
Important Points of Interest:
* The Parks Maintenance expenditure increases include rising EBMUD water costs.
* The Swim Center Maintenance budget adjustments reflect a new maintenance structure that relies primarily on City part-time staff, rather than solely on contractors. This has reduced the total expense and improved service. The joint use agreement with AUSD stipulates a 50% cost sharing, which previously was handled as total payments to each en...
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