athens tn annual budget fy2025 2026

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DIVISION PROFILE
STAFFING PLAN
FY 2025-26 BUDGET PRIORITIES
Parks & Recreation Director 1 1 1
Administrative Assistant 1 1 1
Total Positions 2 2 2
PARKS & RECREATION
Administration 801
The Parks & Recreation Department consists of four divisions: the Administration Division, Maintenance Division,
Pool Division, and the Programming Division.
The Administration Division oversees the operations and maintenance of ten city-owned parks consisting of the 165
acre Regional Park (including the Southeast Tennessee Trade & Conference Center), 7.3 acre Heritage Park, 1.5 acre
Ingleside Park, 2.3 acre Cook Park, 11 acre Veterans Park, 11.5 acre Eco Park, 20 acre Prof Powers Park, 3.3 acre
Market Park, 4.7 acre Fisher Field, and the 6.6-mile-long Eureka Trail. The city also owns the 0.7 acre Knight Park but
has outsourced the maintenance and improvements of that park to Tennessee Wesleyan University through a contract.
The Administration Division also supervises many recreational sports programs including little league baseball, T-ball,
youth basketball, beginners’ tennis, youth sports camps (baseball, basketball, softball, and tennis), and adult co-ed
softball. In addition to sports programming, the division also supervises many annual events including a daddy-
daughter dance, mother-son dance, fishing derby, soapbox derby, Easter egg hunt, seasonal farmers market, Arbor Day
program, swim lessons, and various holiday events. Lastly, this division coordinates with the seven-member
Recreation Advisory Board and oversees the contractor that maintains the downtown landscaping.
Position Title FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26
• Food expenses include $800 for the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meetings.
• Fleet management expenses include $3,500 to transfer funds from this Division to the Fleet Management
Fund for the future acquisition of replacement vehicles and equipment.
• Other contract expenses include $18,000 for the Juneteenth Day event at Cook Park and various departmental
software maintenance agreements.
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