Parks and recreation
Parks department
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Town Meeting voted the Parks department $134,434 for FY2026. Beside it, a fee fund held $84,818 at 31 March 2026, and rent for school fields goes to a school fund. Neither fund is part of the vote.
| Finance Committee workbook | MUNIS ledger | Had it grown 2.5% a year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $64,908 | not published | $64,908 |
| FY2011 | $67,524 | not published | $66,531 |
| FY2012 | $68,414 | not published | $68,194 |
| FY2013 | $69,355 | not published | $69,899 |
| FY2014 | $69,325 | not published | $71,646 |
| FY2015 | $70,900 | not published | $73,437 |
| FY2016 | $71,974 | not published | $75,273 |
| FY2017 | $71,348 | not published | $77,155 |
| FY2018 | $71,348 | not published | $79,084 |
| FY2019 | $72,898 | not published | $81,061 |
| FY2020 | $92,898 | not published | $83,088 |
| FY2021 | $95,690 | not published | $85,165 |
| FY2022 | $95,706 | not published | $87,294 |
| FY2023 | $99,826 | not published | $89,476 |
| FY2024 | $111,312 | not published | $91,713 |
| FY2025 | $117,247 | not published | $94,006 |
| FY2026 | not published | $134,434 | $96,356 |
Votes, not spending. The dashed line is ours: the 2.5% levy-limit rate applied to the FY2010 vote.
1 · What the town votes
$134,434
voted for Parks, FY2026
$113,350
paid by period 12, FY2026
4.7%
a year, the vote’s growth since FY2010 (ours)
our estimate
2 · The funds beside it
$84,818
in the parks fee fund, 31 March 2026
$47,784
recorded by the registration system, FY2025
$71,559
in the schools’ rental fund, 31 March 2026
$69,390
in the turf fund, 31 March 2026
3 · What is not settled
$62,231
the rental fund’s unexplained FY2025 rise
our estimate
—
how much of the registration money reached the books
not published
—
who pays to use the fields
not published
4 · What it adds up to
- 1
Town Meeting voted Parks $134,434 for FY2026; its budget grew 4.7% a year since FY2010.
- 2
The parks’ own fee fund held $84,818 at 31 March 2026, outside the vote.
- 3
The schools’ rental fund held $71,559 and the turf fund $69,390 at 31 March 2026.
- 4
The schools’ rental fund rose $62,231 in FY2025, and no schedule shows why.
- 5
What the registration money became on the town’s books is not published.
The department
Parks budget
The Parks budget voted for FY2026 was $134,434, against $64,908 in FY2010.
Parks spending
By June, before the close, Parks had paid $113,350 of a $140,759 FY2026 budget; $23,141 was not yet used.
Park revolving fund
The parks’ fee fund held $84,818 at 31 March 2026; it ended FY2015 and FY2016 at zero.
Smaller parks funds
The Park Gift Fund took in $22,887 in FY2011 and stood at $752 from FY2016 to FY2025.
Programs and grounds
Youth sports and fields
School facilities fund
The schools’ rental fund rose $62,231 in FY2025, more than its receipts in any year FY2011–FY2023.
School field upkeep
The district says it pays to mow its grass fields from the fund the field rent goes into.
Youth league payments
One league’s field payments are on record: $39,073.50 across 7 receipts, FY2024 to FY2026.
Artificial turf fund
The Artificial Turf fund took in $45,000 in FY2026 and held $69,390 at 31 March 2026.