What: The Parks and Recreation department's budget, subsidy and cost recovery for golf, tennis, athletics and other divisions.
Where it stands: On 10/14 staff told the Board the department finished Fiscal Year 2026 about 1.3 million dollars under its projected subsidy (figures not final). Golf came in near 40,000 dollars against a 193,000 dollar budgeted subsidy, tennis near 15,000 against 65,000, and athletics near 23,000 against 234,000. Administration and the zoo ran over.
Next: Final year-end figures; a central irrigation control system, restroom removals in school parks and playground funding move forward under Council approvals.
Details
Officials named: Michael Kashuba (Parks and Recreation Director, per the city website) is the department head; the 10/14 budget remarks are not attributed to a named speaker in the captions.
Council-approved items cited: 30,000 dollars for special events, added mowing money, two park technician positions, 922,000 dollars for parks enhancements and improvements, an irrigation pump station, half a million dollars for a central irrigation control system, 250,000 dollars for restroom removals in school parks and 200,000 dollars for playgrounds.
YouTube auto-generated captions of the Parks and Recreation Board meeting and the city's posted agenda on the CivicClerk portal https://amarillotx.portal.civicclerk.com/
Budget update: department about 1.3 million dollars under projected subsidy; golf, tennis and athletics subsidies far below budget; central irrigation control system and other Council-funded items described.