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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br /> FUND: General <br /> DEPARTMENT: Parks <br /> DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br /> The overall purpose of the Parks Department is to provide residents the opportunity <br /> to use park facilities and to maintain them. <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 <br /> as 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 outlay includes three new pair of soccer goals and nets, additional play <br /> equipment at Silver View Park, new play equipment at Lambert Park, installation of <br /> a culvert at Silver View Park and chemical treatment of the pond. <br /> The Parks budget also proposes the purchase of equipment for maintenance. A skid <br /> loader is proposed to be purchased jointly with the Street, Water, and Sewer <br /> Departments. A Back Pack blower is also shown as a proposed purchase. <br />