athens tn annual budget fy2026 2027

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DIVISION PROFILE
STAFFING PLAN
Position Title FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27
Parks & Recreation Director 1 1 1
Administrative Assistant 1 1 1
Total Positions 2 2 2
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.
PARKS & RECREATION
Administration 801
The Parks & Recreation Department consists of four divisions: the Administration Division, Maintenance Division, Pool
Division, and the Programming Division.
FY 2026-27 BUDGET PRIORITIES
• Food expenses include $800 for the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meetings.
• Fleet management expenses include $3,100 to transfer funds from this Division to the Fleet Management Fund for
the future acquisition of replacement vehicles and equipment.
• Other contract expenses include $112,000 for web domain registration, copier lease, internet services, Civic Plus
software for sports registration and facility rentals, alarm monitoring, Juneteenth Day event at Cook Park, various
departmental software maintenance agreements, and preparation of a master plan for all city parks to remain
eligible for state grants.
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