Parks Department Budget Presentation
Parks Department Budget Presentation
Parks Department Budget Presentation
Presentation of Parks
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Budget
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Budget & Finance Committee
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Parks Department Budget History
Appropriated Restricted Funds
Operating Budget
FY 2017 – FY 2021
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Parks Department - Service During COVID-19
• Cincinnati Parks - an essential service during the
pandemic
• Historic investment and vision
• Oases in the middle of an industrialized city
• 1907 Kessler Parks Master Plan
• 1925 Comprehensive City Plan
• 1992 ‘Planting the Future’ Parks Master Plan
• 2007 Centennial Parks Master Plan
• Parks open and safe for Community when
everything else was closed
• 2020 5th best City - ParkScore Rankings
4 • Trust for Public Lands
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Parks Department - Organizational Impacts of
COVID-19
• Organizational response
• ERIP Impact
• Organizational restructuring opportunity
• Eliminated historic silos and barriers to
professional advancement
• Advancement of over 15 staff - internal
promotions
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Parks Department - Staffing Issues
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Parks Department - Significant Issues
Capital Needs
• FY 2021 - Completion of Facilities & Infrastructure
Study
• $74m in capital needs
• Poor and fair assets total $14m/$28m
• FY 2022/23 Capital Budget request is $3.5m
annually
• Requested exceptions of $843k (FY 2022)
and $1.3m (FY 2023) for road and parking
restoration
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Parks Department - Significant Issues
Loss of Revenue
• Parks has suffered $2.5m revenue loss in
restricted funds
• Revenue supports operational costs
• Krohn Conservatory
• Riverfront Parks
• Sawyer Point
• Smale Riverfront Park
• Explore Nature! programming
• Parking, permits, rentals, and events
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Parks Department - Significant Issues
Loss of Revenue
• Krohn Conservatory
• Loss of Revenue - $980k
• Pre-pandemic fund balance - $1.2m
• Projected May 2021 fund balance - $400k
• Restricted fund supports staff
• Expended $671k (3/2020-1/2021)
• Essential staff retained to care for the historic
collection and COVID safe plant sales
• Use stimulus dollars to relieve loss?
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QUESTIONS?