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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br /> FUND: General <br /> DEPARTMENT: Parks <br /> DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br /> The overall purposc of the Parks Department is to provide safe, functional and beautiful <br /> parks for residents' recreational use. <br /> DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES <br /> Park activities include regularly scheduled maintenance operations: athletic field <br /> preparation, trash removal, mowing, ice rink flooding, park building inspection and <br /> cleaning, trail maintenance and repairs to facilities. <br /> DEPARTMENT GOALS <br /> The on-going goal is to upgrade parks in a way that makes them as maintenance free as <br /> possible. <br /> DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE COMMENT <br /> Grants and subsidies is the City's share of operating costs of Lakeside Park, a park <br /> jointly operated with the City of Spring Lake Park. <br /> Contractual service costs are for electricity for park buildings and lighting systems, <br /> telephones, debris removal, portable restrooms and rental of grounds maintenance <br /> equipment. <br /> Capital construction monies are proposed for trailway development as per the Trailways <br /> Advocacy Group proposal. <br /> The Parks budget alsoproposes-the purchase of equipment_forsnaintenance.A_turf <br /> sweeper for the collection of leaves and debris and the power converter for the Parks <br /> truck is proposed for more efficient park maintenance activities. <br />