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(1) Receipt and Filing of the Report Regarding the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Adopted Budget; (2) Consideration of Selecting a PRCS Commissioner to Draft a Letter to City Council with Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget Adjustment Recommendations.
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Meeting Date: December 2, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Adam Ferguson/PRCS
Phone Number: (310) 253-6685
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (11/25/2025); (E-Mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (11/25/2025)
Department Approval: Ted Stevens, PRCS Director (11/25/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission (1) receive and file the report regarding the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Adopted Budget; (2) consider selecting a PRCS Commissioner to draft a letter to City Council with fiscal year (FY) 2026/2027 budget adjustment recommendations.
BACKGROUND
On March 29, 2025, the PRCS Commission finalized their Fiscal Year 2025/2026 budget recommendations to the City Council and authorized transmittal of the correspondence to the City Council (Attachment 1). Here is a summary of the funding status of the Commission’s recommendations:
• Personnel Enhancements - (Ongoing Cost)
o Administration:
§ The reclassification of the current Senior Management Analyst to Deputy Director, and the addition of a Senior Management Analyst (1) and a Management Analyst (1) to allow the PRCS department to “begin to implement the Parks Master Plan” and to pursue “significant grant and fundraising opportunities to fund new construction, updates to parks, and new and ongoing programming.”
• Status: PRCS received funding for the reclassification of the Senior Management Analyst to Deputy Director and the Senior Management Analyst position was contingent on if Measure CL passed. In September 2025, Measure CL passed, and the department is currently recruiting for the position. The Management Analyst was not funded.
o Parks Maintenance
§ Two (2) additional Maintenance Worker I positions to “provide preventative maintenance [which] will result in improved safety, lower repair costs, and extend useful life in our facilities and equipment.”
• Status: These positions were not funded.
o Part Time Salary and Benefits
§ $304,650 in order to increase staffing and provide benefits to part time staff especially at the Plunge for PRCS to “compete with neighboring jurisdictions” and to support “our ability to offer pool time, camps, and other much needed programming.”
• Status: The department is still working with HR and Finance to address changes with the positions and the department plans to present a new structure for part-time positions at the Plunge during the mid-year budget process.
• Include Playground Maintenance in the PRCS operating Budget ($75,000)
o The PRCS Commission suggested more funding was needed “due to both the age of the equipment and inflation.”
§ Status: This funding has remained in CIP PP016 Playground Equipment Repair.
• Fund In-house Youth Sports Programs (Ongoing)
o PRCS Commission recommended additional staffing and supplies “to keep the momentum and increase the program size and offering.”
§ Status: This was funded for supplies and personnel in the Sports programs account (10130240). The funding was only one-time with the instruction to reevaluate for the 2026-2027 budget based on the outcome of Measure CL.
• Ensure Compliance with California’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) (Multi-year)
o The PRCS Commission recommended additional funding “to implement [MWELO] recommendations.”
§ Status: $90,000 was added to CIP PZ612 Upgrade Irrigation Systems. The consultant work is being handled in-house with the department’s landscape architect and was therefore not funded independently.
• Tellefson Park Renovation (One-time)
o The PRCS Commission recommended to start the renovations for the Parks Plan with Tellefson Park because “it is in an area with historically lower investment, in proximity to an Equity Focus Neighborhood, increases services in parks with high pressure, and helps achieve the Parks Master Plan Vision, Mission, and Goals.”
§ Status: $210,000 was funded in CIP PP029 in order to begin construction documents and design plans needed before construction can begin.
The City of Culver City Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget was adopted by the City Council on June 9, 2025.
DISCUSSION
On August 5, 2025, the PRCS Commission agendized a report on the PRCS Department Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Adopted Budget, with the goal to begin budget discussions in preparation for the PRCS Commission’s budget recommendations to City Council.
PRCS Budget Overview
The PRCS Department Proposed Enhancements (Attachment 2) and the PRCS pages from the 2024/2025 Adopted Budget (Attachment 3) are provided because all of the City Manager’s Recommendations contained therein were approved by the City Council on June 9, 2025. The adopted budget for PRCS for 2025/2026 fiscal year is $14,099,841.00. The PRCS pages from the 2025/2026 Adopted Budget contains the following sections:
• Expenditure Summary- This shows an overall view of each divisions’ expenses.
• Listing of Regular positions- This shows the full-time positions budgeted within the department and which account within the budget the position is funded.
• Performance Measures- This shows the categories which the department’s performance is tracked.
• Detailed explanation of the department’s Work Plan Priorities.
• Expenditure Detail- This breaks down the expenditures for each division by category and budget code. The categories are Personnel, Operating and Maintenance, and Capital.
The pages from the Proposed CIP Budget relating to PRCS projects, including those done in collaboration with the Public Works Department, are provided as Attachment 4.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
Staff recommends that the PRCS Commission begin discussion on a letter to make recommendations and requests for FY 2026-2027.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2025-12-02 - ATT 1 PRCS Commission FY 2025-26 Budget Recommendations
2. 2025-12-02 - ATT 2 PRCS Pages from the FY 2025-26 Enhancements List
3. 2025-12-02 - ATT 3 PRCS Pages from the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget Book
4. 2025-12-02 - ATT 4 Parks and Recreation Projects from the FY 2025-26 Adopted CIP Budget
MOTION
That the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission:
1. Receive and file the report regarding the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Departmental Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Adopted Budget; and,
2. Consider selecting a PRCS Commissioner to draft a letter to City Council with Fiscal Year 2026/2027 budget adjustment recommendations.