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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />Function: Parks and Recreation <br />Activity: Park Maintenance <br />2026 BUDGET <br />Fund # 101 <br />Activity # 45200 <br />Activity Scope <br />Responsible for maintenance of City parks and trails as well as administration of the diseased tree/forestry <br />program. This includes maintaining and improving playground and picnic facilities, fertilizing and mowing of grass, <br />maintaining athletic fields, flooding and maintenance of outdoor ice rinks, snow and ice removal, and tree <br />preservation within the parks system of the City. These assets of the City are extensively used by the residents, <br />and improvements must be made to uphold the safety, functionality and beauty the City represents. <br />Objectives <br />1. Continue pathway maintenance. <br />2. Continue implementing City's Comprehensive Park and Trails plan. <br />Issues <br />1. Other maintenance concerns coming up and not allowing completion of existing projects. <br />2. Budget constraints for future and existing projects. <br />Budget Commentary <br />The 2026 operating budget is an increase of 14.6% from the previous year's budget. This is mainly due to <br />allocation, step, COLA, temp wages, insurance benefit increases, and fte allocation for the full year cost for the <br />Parks & Recreation Manager position. <br />Budaet Summary <br />Personnel Services <br />Commodities <br />Contractual Services <br />Total <br />Percent Change <br />Full -Time Equivalent positions <br />Expenditures by Classification <br />2023 <br />ACTUAL <br />$ 349,403 <br />77,978 <br />117,252 <br />2024 <br />ACTUAL <br />$ 379,390 <br />56,038 <br />121,308 <br />2025 <br />BUDGET <br />$ 491,290 <br />51,750 <br />147,020 <br />2026 <br />BUDGET <br />$ 544,390 <br />69,500 <br />176,690 <br />w w w w <br />2.2% 23.9% 14.6% <br />2.98 3.01 3.43 3.73 <br />OPersonnel Services <br />22% <br />O Commodities <br />OContractual Services <br />9% <br />69% <br />