Parks Programming through the years
Explore reported actual expenditures. Expand a line item to compare its reported amounts.
| Expenditure | Actual2019-2020 | Actual2020-2021 | Actual2021-2022 | Actual2022-2023 | Actual2023-2024 | Actual2024-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||||
| 120,413 | 143,000 | 139,806 | 112,260 | 177,243 | 195,925 | |
| Salaries | 118,426 | 138,451 | 133,144 | 70,511 | 107,175 | 112,840 |
| Overtime | 1,987 | 4,549 | 6,662 | 8,968 | 14,156 | 15,563 |
| Salaries: Seasonal | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32,781 | 55,912 | 67,122 |
| Longevity | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | — | 400 |
| FICA | 9,038 | 10,109 | 11,111 | 7,769 | 12,605 | 13,962 |
| Group Life & Health Insurance | 8,627 | 19,950 | 26,189 | 21,689 | 25,635 | 30,471 |
| 14,473 | 16,414 | 16,251 | 13,327 | 13,561 | 22,887 | |
| Retirement | 14,473 | 16,414 | 16,251 | 10,503 | 10,692 | 20,046 |
| Retirement - 401A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,824 | 2,869 | 2,841 |
| Workers Compensation Insurance | 1,993 | 1,372 | 1,712 | 1,602 | 2,725 | 3,502 |
| Employee Education & Training | — | — | — | — | — | 80 |
| Disability Insurance | 249 | 350 | 380 | 299 | 419 | 515 |
| Deferred Compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Subtotal — Personnel | 154,793 | 191,195 | 195,449 | 156,946 | 232,188 | 267,342 |
| Operations | ||||||
| Publicity/Subscriptions/Dues | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Telephone | 957 | 1,284 | 1,098 | 1,189 | 1,199 | 1,070 |
| Travel | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Contracted Services | 3,236 | 2,738 | 3,364 | 3,758 | 4,412 | 5,160 |
| Liability Insurance | 4,147 | 2,266 | 2,528 | 2,565 | 3,508 | 4,420 |
| Advertising | 5,441 | 777 | 7,035 | 4,307 | 7,152 | 6,334 |
| Athens Area Youth Council | 320 | 57 | 945 | 1,097 | 72 | 22 |
| Athletic Officials | 1,970 | 7,595 | 9,660 | 10,225 | 16,708 | 19,906 |
| Concession Supplies | 11,596 | 28,866 | 27,424 | 29,359 | 37,995 | 42,129 |
| Fourth Of July | 10,000 | 13,105 | 942 | 23,000 | 46,815 | 23,000 |
| Program Expenses | 51,705 | 20,285 | 64,654 | 86,243 | 73,642 | 76,984 |
| Recreation Supplies | 6,721 | 9,300 | 8,723 | 6,201 | 6,547 | 12,157 |
| Subtotal — Operations | 96,093 | 86,273 | 126,373 | 167,944 | 198,050 | 191,182 |
| Capital | ||||||
| Fixed Assets | 2,391 | 0 | 5,310 | — | — | 9,216 |
| Subtotal — Capital | 2,391 | 0 | 5,310 | — | — | 9,216 |
| Total Parks Programming | 253,277 | 277,468 | 327,132 | 324,890 | 430,239 | 467,740 |
Latest budget — FY 2026-2027Compare the proposed budget with the amount Council approved.
Approved amounts authorize spending; they are not actual expenditure. These are the stages printed in the budget book, which may not include later amendments.
| Budget | Budgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026 | Manager proposedFY 2026-2027 | Council approvedFY 2026-2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department total | 421,500 | 469,900 | 469,900 |
Budget line items
| Expenditure | Budgeted / amendedFY 2025-2026 | Manager proposedFY 2026-2027 | Council approvedFY 2026-2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | 112,000 | 114,000 | 114,000 |
| Overtime | 16,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Salaries: Seasonal | 55,000 | 75,500 | 75,500 |
| Longevity | 500 | 900 | 900 |
| FICA | 14,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 |
| Group Life & Health Insurance | 32,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Retirement | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| Retirement - 401A | 4,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Workers Compensation Insurance | 2,800 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| Employee Education & Training | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Disability Insurance | 600 | 600 | 600 |
| Deferred Compensation | 2,100 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Membership Dues & Registration Fees | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Advertising | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Telephone | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 |
| Travel | 3,200 | 3,200 | 3,200 |
| Athletic Officials | 18,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Program Expenses | 30,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Concessi on Supplies | 30,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Recreation Supplies | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Other Contracts | 9,100 | 9,000 | 9,000 |
| Liability Insurance | 4,600 | 4,600 | 4,600 |
| Athens Area Youth Council | - | - | - |
| Fourth of July Expenditures | 50,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Fixed Assets | 3,000 | - | - |
A dash means no numeric amount is shown in that source cell. No proposal is substituted for a missing approved amount.
What the records showRelated decisions, supporting records, and unanswered questions.
Retirement spending has documented budget context: the city provided for an additional contribution to its defined-benefit pension plan in FY2024–25. This is separate from changes in employee pay or staffing.
2023-2024 actual source · page 61 · 2024-2025 actual source · page 62
The FY2024–25 amendment schedule assigns a $10,000 increase to this department’s retirement account (01-0804-5144), changing its budget from $11,000 to $21,000. This is its share of the $629,000 General Fund retirement increase, not a separately verified actual payment. Department pension amendment allocation · page 119.
The audited FY2025 discussion identifies the $629,000 retirement budget increase as an additional defined-benefit pension contribution. Audited pension amendment context · page 24.
Still unanswered: The budget allocation is documented; the actual pension postings are still needed to reconcile the annual retirement amounts and distinguish regular contributions from the additional contribution.
About these figuresWhat is included and what changed between reports.
The 2022-2023 column uses the complete later FY2025-26 account schedule; the older source column is archived. FY2023-2024 printed total minus extracted source rows is +1; source amounts retained. FY2023-24 Operations rows sum to $198,050 versus printed subtotal $198,051, explaining the retained $1 difference. Older Program Planning is aligned with Programming 804 as a reporting title. Account 01-0804-5234 has blank FY2023-24 actual in the selected FY2025-26 source, retained as empty string; the following book prints a dash.
Amounts are shown as reported, without adjusting for inflation. A dash (“—”) means the source shows a dash or does not list a value; it does not necessarily mean zero. Related accounts are grouped for comparison, with available detail under each row.
Sources and methodsOriginal documents, coverage, and how the years were matched.
Download actual expenditures as CSV · Each record distinguishes detail rows from totals and includes its source.
Section reconciliation and differences
- Personnel: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 156,946 earlier; 156,946 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
- Operations: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 167,944 earlier; 167,944 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
- Capital: Overlapping 2022–2023 amounts: 0 earlier; 0 later. Grouped reporting comparison; see detail for source differences, account splits and standing owner conventions.
- Actual 2019-2020: PDF page 46
- Actual 2020-2021: PDF page 46
- Actual 2021-2022: PDF page 45
- Actual 2022-2023: PDF page 61
- Actual 2023-2024: PDF page 61
- Actual 2024-2025: PDF page 62
How the years were matched
- The 2022-2023 column uses the complete later FY2025-26 account schedule; the older source column is archived.
- All columns are actual expenditures from the identified annual budget page, not estimates or appropriations. Source zeros, negative values, account descriptions and printed dashes are retained.
- Reporting group comparisons do not establish unchanged operational scope.
- Older source heading PROGRAM PLANNING is presented under the later Programming 804 title; this is a reporting-title alignment, not proof of unchanged services.
- FY2023-2024 printed total minus extracted source rows is +1; source amounts retained.
- FY2023-24 Operations rows sum to $198,050 versus printed subtotal $198,051, explaining the retained $1 difference.
- Older Program Planning is aligned with Programming 804 as a reporting title. Account 01-0804-5234 has blank FY2023-24 actual in the selected FY2025-26 source, retained as empty string; the following book prints a dash.
These changes do not establish changes in service quality or explain why spending changed. Budget amendments and meeting decisions have not been reconciled with this series.
Related project histories
Project records provide context; they do not allocate this page’s entire spending to a project.