FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET FY2021-22

PARKS AND RECREATION

Departmental Objectives  Enhance our system by elevating basic amenities, amplifying our brand, and improving access to existing natural resources.  Expand our system by investing in community hearts, transformative programs, and strategic partnerships.  Connect our system through a broad spectrum of physical and organizational links.

Performance Measures

Adopted 2021-22

Actual

Budget 2020-21

Projected 2022-23

2019-20

Workload Measures  # of programs offered

3,654

5,845

2,923

4,385

535,666

857,066

428,533

642,800

 # of overall program participants

1,000 1,000

1,209 1,410

1,000 1,000

1,000 1,000

 # of media mentions documented by ZenCity

 # of trees planted

Efficiency Measures  Revenue received from all programs offered throughout the year  Revenue received from facility and shelter rentals

$933,631 $157,648 26,000

$1,493,810 $252,237

$746,905 $126,119

$1,120,358 $189,178

30,034

26,000

34,000

 # of volunteer hours

$70

$67

$67

$73

 Value expended per acre of parkland

$661,440 $8,198,208

$815,000 $13,117,132

$661,440 $6,558,566

$864,960 $9,837,849

 Value of volunteer hours

 Economic impact of tournaments and events held at P&R facilites

Effectiveness Measures  % increase in social media followers  % increase in Piedmont Discovery downloads

20% 50% 69%

18% 47% 67%

18% 47% 67%

25% 55% 70%

 % of residents with a 10 minute walk to parks and facilities

Budget Highlights: The FY 21-22 Adopted Budget is increasing by $1,878,276, or 9.9%.

 The budget includes an increase of five (5) FTEs in FY 21-22 and projects an additional five (5) FTEs in FY 22-23.  Three (3) Assistant Center Supervisors will be added in FY 21-22 effective January 1, 2022 and two (2) are planned to be added in FY 22-23 to expand programing identified in the Plan2Play Master Plan and increase community center staffing coverage.  A Crew Supervisor and Crew Member will be added in FY 21-22 and two (2) Crew Members and a Program Manager are projected be added in FY 22-23 to support operations and maintenance of City greenways and trails, including the completed Downtown Greenway.  The budget includes an increase of $780,716 for rental of the Parks and Recreation Headquarters building, information technology fee changes, increased security contract cost and implementation of footgolf and pickleball programs.

Adopted 2021-22 Budget

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