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(1) Receipt and Filing of the Report Regarding the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Adopted Budget; (2) Consideration of Selecting a PRCS Commissioner to Draft a Letter to City Council with Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget Adjustment Recommendations.
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Meeting Date: January 7, 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 (01/03/2025); (E-Mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (01/03/2025)
Department Approval: Ted Stevens, PRCS Director (01/03/2025)
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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 2024/2025 Adopted Budget; (2) consider selecting a PRCS Commissioner to draft a letter to City Council with fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026 budget adjustment recommendations.
BACKGROUND
On April 2, 2024, the PRCS Commission finalized their Fiscal Year 2024/2025 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 The addition of one Maintenance Worker I and one Irrigation Maintenance Technician position will allow PRCS to "provide comprehensive preventative maintenance [and] result in improved safety, lower repair costs, and extend useful life of our facilities and equipment."
* Status: PRCS received an additional Irrigation Maintenance Technician in the 2024/2025 budget. The Maintenance Worker I position was not funded.
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