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By June, before the close, Parks had paid $113,350 of a $140,759 FY2026 budget; $23,141 was not yet used.
Parks budget against spendingnot from the books
VotedFinal budgetSpent
Voted
Final budget
Spent
FY2010
$64,908
$66,136
$66,136
FY2011
$67,524
$59,965
$53,590
FY2012
$68,414
$43,360
$43,360
FY2013
$69,355
$46,595
$46,595
FY2014
$69,325
$61,272
$57,722
FY2015
$70,900
$51,196
$51,196
FY2016
$71,974
$67,364
$52,664
FY2017
$71,348
$66,024
$48,685
FY2018
$71,348
$62,077
$53,007
FY2019
$72,898
$72,898
$71,756
FY2020
$92,898
$92,898
$64,240
FY2021
$95,690
$108,722
$82,656
FY2022
$95,706
$96,164
$80,849
FY2023
$99,826
$99,898
$82,334
FY2024
$111,312
$116,076
$115,404
The Finance Committee workbook, department 650. FY2025 is left out: its actual is marked partial.
1 · The facts
$140,759
revised Parks budget, FY2026, at period 12
$113,350
paid, FY2026 (ledger, period 12, unaudited)
$4,268
still owed at period 12, FY2026 (ledger)
$23,141
not yet used at period 12, FY2026 (ledger’s column)
8
years, FY2011–FY2018, with the budget lowered mid-year
$25,054
taken off the Parks budget during FY2012 (workbook)
11
years of 15 ending under the final budget
$140,450
left unspent, FY2010–FY2024 in all (our sum)
our estimate
$9,766
spent from the parks fee fund, July–March FY2026
2 · What it shows
1
In FY2026 Parks paid $113,350 and owed $4,268 of a $140,759 budget; $23,141 was left.
2
The budget was lowered during the year in all 8 years from FY2011 to FY2018.
3
In 11 of 15 years Parks ended under its final budget, $140,450 in all.
4
None of this counts what the parks fee fund spends, $9,766 from July to March FY2026.
The Parks budget against spending, by year
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Year
Voted*
Final budget*
Spent*
Left*
FY2024
$111,312
$116,076
$115,404
$671
FY2023
$99,826
$99,898
$82,334
$17,564
FY2022
$95,706
$96,164
$80,849
$15,315
FY2021
$95,690
$108,722
$82,656
$26,065
FY2020
$92,898
$92,898
$64,240
$28,658
FY2019
$72,898
$72,898
$71,756
$1,142
FY2018
$71,348
$62,077
$53,007
$9,070
FY2017
$71,348
$66,024
$48,685
$17,339
FY2016
$71,974
$67,364
$52,664
$14,700
FY2015
$70,900
$51,196
$51,196
$0
FY2014
$69,325
$61,272
$57,722
$3,550
FY2013
$69,355
$46,595
$46,595
$0
FY2012
$68,414
$43,360
$43,360
$0
FY2011
$67,524
$59,965
$53,590
$6,375
FY2010
$64,908
$66,136
$66,136
$0
Department 650, summed over its accounts. Left is the final budget less the actual, our subtraction. FY2025’s actual is marked partial in the workbook and is left out.
* Not from the books: a figure somebody assembled, not a printout from the accounting system.