QUESTION
What highlights in the expense budget help maintain city parks, playgrounds, and safety equipment while ensuring cleanliness?
3:32:15
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Commissioner Sue Donoghue highlights the transfer of the Parks Opportunity Program (POP) administration to the Department of Parks and Recreation, which is seen as beneficial for the agency and park maintenance.
- The POP program, now controlled by the Parks Department, will aid in cleaning and maintaining parks.
- There was an initial budget cut to the POP program in the fall that had to be restored.
- Council Member Shekar Krishnan inquired about specific budget increases for maintenance and operations to uphold park cleanliness.
Shekar Krishnan
3:32:15
Moving on now, the mayor in the in his 2025 executive budget message for the city includes an expense budget highlight for the parks department.
3:32:25
And that highlight says, and I'm quoting, quote, maintaining the city's parks, playgrounds, infrastructure, and safety equipment.
3:32:32
While ensuring acceptable ratings for the cleanliness and overall condition of parks.
3:32:37
In your opinion, are there any highlights in this expense budget that you can point to that would help achieve that goal.
3:32:44
Because to me, it doesn't seem like it's just a highlight.
3:32:46
It seems like a necessary part of the role of the Parks department.
3:32:49
Can you point to anything in this expense budget that would help to maintain the city's parks playgrounds and safety equipment while ensuring acceptable ratings of cleanliness?
3:32:56
Do we have any increases any maintenance and operations to do that?
Sue Donoghue
3:33:01
The thank you for the question, and I would highlight, you know, the pop programming, is coming over to the parks department.
3:33:08
We will now be controlling that that program will now be administered by parks, which we feel like will be beneficial to us as an agency and also to the cleaning and maintenance of our parks.
Shekar Krishnan
3:33:21
Thought program.
3:33:22
That was also cut in the 1st budget in the fall.
3:33:25
Correct?
Scott Daly
3:33:25
Right.
Shekar Krishnan
3:33:25
That had to be restored?
Sue Donoghue
3:33:27
Correct.
Shekar Krishnan
3:33:27
Got it.
3:33:28
Okay.