[0:00] call a meeting the um city council special work session uh for today February 6th [0:07] 2025 at 5:00 pm. uh let's do the role um mayor huin [0:15] is absent right now council member Jackson is absent council member EGU here council member Risser here council [0:22] member Pierce here and to today's meeting um is really [0:30] giving a deep dive on budget um as deep as we can in the time that's a lot so [0:36] we'll review every service um and have each department head U be able to talk through their services how it's [0:42] structured and the general cost structure um so with that I'll turn it over to you thank you council member [0:48] Pierce we are are going to pick up kind of where we left off um from Tuesday night uh for folks who are uh going to [0:56] listen to this recording um I do want to reference that there was something that we did Tuesday night U very similar to [1:02] what we're doing tonight with police and fire um but there'll be two different recordings so we'll uh we'll start this [1:09] we've got um AR you the timekeeper too I I do have time all right so let's uh [1:15] we're ready to begin with Parks and Rec tonight Perry uh thank you Mr Neil uh again Perry veter Parks and Recreation [1:21] director I will walk you through our department our service levels and the activities that we provide uh as [1:29] indicated on the slide the Parks and Recreation Department uh takes up about 133% of the general [1:35] fund and really that is in four core areas that's Parks [1:40] Administration uh our Recreation programming area there's a very uh small [1:45] amount in the arts and culture um very very small and then Park maintenance which is probably the largest [1:51] contributor to our budget and also one of our largest staff uh when we look at [1:56] all the additional services that are not included in the uh general fund that includes Brar golf [2:04] Brar Arena Centennial Lakes Park the dining Aquatic Center Edinburgh Park e [2:10] liquor and the Art Center uh when we look at Parks and Recreation and we look at what our mission is to the community [2:17] it's really to be inclusive and creative we want to be sustainable and responsible and we want to be [2:23] collaborative and whenever I say the word collaborative and this now I say when possible right because we have a lot of Demands uh from the community and [2:30] to tie that back in is a majority of what we do or that we respond to is community-driven [2:36] um um we always indicate that we are also in competition for people's discretionary dollars we do charge fees [2:43] and uh charge revenue for our operations so we are always in that uh business-like mindset um I'll probably [2:50] use a couple of other words tonight and that's priority use um who gets what when and where um carrying capacity [2:57] that's a big thing for me is how much can we EXP expect a facility a park or an operation from a caring capacity [3:03] standpoint and then just as we get through just ki…