athens tn annual budget fy2025 2026

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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 the 165 acre Regional
Park (including the Southeast Tennessee Trade & Conference Center and splash pad), 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. 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.
Maintenance 802
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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