Page 133 - Fort Worth City Budget 2019

General Fund

Park and Recreation

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

FY2017 FY2018 FY2018 FY2019 Change from Adopted
Final Adopted Adjusted Adopted Amount %
Charge for Service 1,770,363 1,889,028 1,889,028 1,960,297 71,269 3.77%
Use of Money & Property 167,869 157,806 157,806 160,836 3,030 1.92%
Other 62,781 40,547 40,547 40,547 - 0.00%
Transfer In 354,607 365,780 365,780 391,015 25,235 6.90%
Revenue $ 2,355,620 $ 2,453,161 $ 2,453,161 $ 2,552,695 $ 99,534 4.06%

Salaries & Benefits 18,855,793 18,991,417 19,005,786 20,220,320 1,228,903 6.47%
Gen Operating & Maintenance 22,178,785 21,777,274 21,777,274 22,603,306 826,032 3.79%
Transfer Out & Other 2,927,489 6,537,941 6,537,941 7,932,724 1,394,783 21.33%
Expenses $ 43,962,067 $ 47,306,632 $ 47,321,001 $ 50,756,350 $ 3,449,718 7.29%

FTE 332.43 334.43 2.00 0.60%

AP 480.00 482.00 2.00 0.42%

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE AND GOALS

The Park & Recreation Department is responsible for planning, designing, developing, and maintaining the city's
network of parks, as well as the planning and administration of the city's recreational programs. The Department
is organized into five areas of responsibility.

The Administration Office provides overall administrative support, manages the Fort Worth Zoo contract and
provides staff support for the Park & Recreation Advisory Board. During emergencies, this division provides
coordination of the emergency response.

The Park Operations Division manages the Botanic Garden Fund, and the General Fund operations for the Water
Gardens, park reservations, and grounds maintenance for the city parks, medians, right-of-ways, commercial
corridors, tax-foreclosed properties and other departments’ city-owned properties. This division also manages
the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) funded Graffiti Abatement Program.

The Recreation Division manages 14 recreation centers, the mobile recreation program, summer day camp
program, the aquatics program, the youth athletics program, and the CCPD funded Late Night Program (FW@6)
at the Sycamore Community Center. This division also provides oversight for special use facilities including: the
Log Cabin Village and the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge.

The Planning and Resource Management Division manages the identification of park system needs/inventory, new
parkland acquisition, oversight of park development projects, park system infrastructure maintenance, in-house
small capital project construction, and the care for trees on city owned property. Additionally, this division is
responsible for tracking the expenditure of park gas well funds in compliance with the city’s Financial Management
Policy Statements.

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