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DIVISION PROFILE
STAFFING PLAN
FY 2025-26 BUDGET PRIORITIES
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Total Positions 6 6 6
Custodian (Part-Time) 1 1 1
Park Maintenance Foreman 1 1 1
1 1Park Maintenance Technician
Park Assistant
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The Parks & Recreation Department consists of four divisions: the Administration Division, Maintenance
Division, Pool Division, and the Programming Division.
Position Title FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26
The Maintenance Division maintains ten city-owned parks and their amenities consisting of Regional Park
(including the Southeast Tennessee Trade & Conference Center and splash pad), Heritage Park, Ingleside Park,
Cook Park, Veterans Park, Eco Park, Prof Powers Park, Market Park, Fisher Field, and the 6.6-mile-long Eureka
Trail. This division also prepares ball fields for games and tournaments, sets up/cleans up the Conference Center
when rented, and assists with events and tournaments.
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PARKS & RECREATION
• Fleet management expenses include $50,000 to transfer funds from this Division to the Fleet Management
Fund for the future acquisition of replacement vehicles and equipment.
• Other contract expenses include $181 ,000 for contractors to mow all parks and other city-owned
properties, fertilize various city-owned properties, provide portlets at the Eureka Trail, and other services.
• Downtown beautification expenses include $10,000 for contractors to trim trees and maintain the
landscape in the downtown areas.
• Fixed assets expense includes $50,000 to purchase a replacement trailer, replacement bushog,
replacement park signage, replacement portable air compressor, replacement paint machine, replacement
chalk machine, replacement bases, replacement playground pieces, and new tables for Cook Park.
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