Parks and recreation

Parks spending

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
VotedFinal budgetSpent
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. 1

    In FY2026 Parks paid $113,350 and owed $4,268 of a $140,759 budget; $23,141 was left.

  2. 2

    The budget was lowered during the year in all 8 years from FY2011 to FY2018.

  3. 3

    In 11 of 15 years Parks ended under its final budget, $140,450 in all.

  4. 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
YearVotednot from the booksFinal budgetnot from the booksSpentnot from the booksLeftnot from the books
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.

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Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026