PRESENTER: Presenter
Stacey Dicke, Parks and Recreation Director
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Parks and Recreation Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget Overview
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PARD General Fund Budget
The FY 2022 Parks and Recreation Proposed Budget increases compared to the FY 2021 Estimate. Employee expenditures increase for several reasons. The proposed budget includes compensation adjustments authorized mid FY 2021 as well as planned increases for FY 2022. The FY 2022 Proposed Budget fully funds all authorized positions whereas the FY 2021 estimate and FY 2020 actuals have been impacted by COVID-19 related closures and cancellations.
Operating expenditures remain relatively flat in comparison to the FY 2021 budget.
Resource Requests - As discussed during the five-year forecast as well as the budget message at the beginning of the document, our conservative budgeting over the past two years created a surplus within the General Fund. The FY 2022 budget primarily leverages those reserves for one-time equipment and technology initiatives.
The Proposed Budget for the Parks and Recreation Department includes $1,250,189 in resource requests.
Recurring requests include three initiatives.
• First, additional seasonal camp counselors have been added (4) to provide better staffing flexibility for Camp Minnehaha. This initiative is cost neutral as it only adds additional positions, not funded hours to support the program.
• Second, three seasonal maintenance workers have been added ($28,000 recurring and $225 one time). These positions will be utilized during the summer months, primarily on weekends to support the seasonal increased demand on our park system. By adding these positions, our full-time park operations staff will not have as much mandatory weekend assignments, which has been a critical recruitment and retention issue.
• And last, funding has been included to support a second summer camp location. Demand remains at an all-time high for expanding our summer day care program. In fact, it only takes minutes for reservations to be completed for all available summer camp spots once it is opens in the spring. Staff is still working through logistical and facility details for the second location. The program will be cost neutral in FY 2022 as the direct revenues from the expanded program will cover direct expenditures ($122,890).
• One-time funding of $1,098,849 is included to support various one-time initiatives and equipment replacements. As the table below illustrates, there are a number of small capital improvement and equipment replacement needs within the parks department. The park operations equipment replacement will allow for the department to retire equipment that is well beyond its useful life. The Main Plaza brickwork will eliminate a current tripping hazard. The completion of the construction documents for the Alligator Creek park/trail is an important step in expanding our parks network throughout the city.
PARD General Fund Budget Overview
Das Rec Budget
Das Rec memberships were significantly impacted by COVID-19, however since the spring they have been recovering consistently. It is likely that Das Rec will achieve 100 percent cost recovery in FY 2022. However, like FY 2020 and FY 2021, it may require an interfund transfer from the Recreation Center Improvement Fund. Finance and the Das Rec team will work continue to work collaboratively throughout the year to control costs in an attempt to meet cost recovery targets.
Funding was included in the proposed budget ($91,347) to make some minor facility modifications to increase the outdoor programming space and kinder care area. They are proposed to be funded with capital funds.
Das Rec Budget Overview
Civic Center Budget Overview
Golf Course Budget Overview
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