Page 319 - City of Bedford FY22 Budget

Recreation Division

Re cre a tion D ivision

The Recr eat i o n D i v i s i o n i s dedi cat ed t o pr o m o t i ng heal t h, wel l nes s , and co m m uni t y eng ag em ent f o r al l ag es wi t hi n
t he Ci t y o f B edf o r d. Thi s i s achi ev ed t hr o ug h t he o v er s i g ht and m anag em ent o f t he Recr eat i o n s t af f and co nt i nued
g r o wt h o f pr o g ram s and s peci al ev ent s . Thes e ev ent s i ncl ude s eas o nal ev ent s s uch as t he Val ent i ne' s D ay D ance, t he
G l o w and G o Eg g Hunt , D o g D ay s o f S um m er , and B o o -B as h Hal l o ween ev ent . Thi s i s al s o acco m pl i s hed t hr o ug h
upco m i ng uni que pr o g ram m i ng f o r y o ut h, adul t , and s eni o r po pul at i o ns . S t af f pr o v i des i nf o r m at i o n and r ef er ral
s er v i ces t o co nnect s eni o r s wi t h ar ea-ag i ng s er v i ces s uch as Meal s o n W heel s , t he Al zhei m er ' s As s o ci at i o n, S eni o r
Car e and Li v i ng o ppo r t uni t i es , and S o ci al S ecur i t y . The Recr eat i o n D i v i s i o n i s es s ent i al i n t he o v eral l qual i t y o f l i f e f o r
al l ag es o f t he co m m uni t y i n t he Ci t y o f B edf o r d. Phas e Next has pr o v en t hat r ecr eat i o n i s i m po r t ant t o t he
co m m uni t y and t hi s D i v i s i o n enco m pas s es t he co m m uni t y need f o r r ecr eat i o nal act i v i t i es f o r al l ag es .

FY 2020-2021 Highlights

Made t he m o v e t o O l d B edf o r d S cho o l , m o v ed al l S eni o r cl as s es and pr o g ram s .
S ucces s f ul l y t rans i t i o ned t he S eni o r dance t o t he l i brar y .
O f f er ed dr i v e-t hr u pr o g ram s , s uch as t he Chr i s t m as Ev ent .
Manag ed chal l eng i ng s um m er t o o f f er pr o g ram s t o o ur r es i dent s wi t h s eas o nal s t af f s ho r t ag es .
S uppo r t ed Pr o j ect Manag er s wi t h Phas e Next pr o j ect .
O pened and cel ebrat ed t he new S par kl i ng Ice Pl ay g r o und.

Expenditures Summary

Chang es f o r F Y 20/ 21 i ncl uded t he cl o s ur e o f t he B RAC and t he t rans i t i o n o ut o f Co v i d-19 pr o t o co l s .

"1,072,301 -$3,438

(- 0.32 % vs. prior year)

Recr ea t i on Pr op osed a n d H i st or i ca l Bu d get vs. Act u a l
1,750k

1,500k

1,250k

1,000k

750k

500k

250k

0
FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Actual Budgeted Over Budget

City of Bedford, TX | Budget Book 2022 Page 319