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CITY OF HALTOM CITY ANNUAL BUDGET, FY2023 General Fund

◊ Welcomed new community volunteer teachers for crochet, beading, and button art classes.
◊ The American Legion hosted a pool and dart tournament.
◊ Northeast Arts Council used part of a $40,000 grant to bring Art on Wheels to our center.
Classes are taught by a retired BISD art teacher
◊ Tarrant County Public Health began hosting pop-up COVID vaccine clinics at our center
every month.

Objectives for FY2023

PARKS
◊ Begin work on redevelopment of North Park/NEO.
◊ Replace playground at Sandy Oaks (funds approved in budget).
◊ Bid out and complete interpretive sign/trail marking master plan for Buffalo Ridge Park
(approved in FY23 budget).
◊ Continue implementing park improvements as outlined in Master Plan.
◊ Fill vacant positions.

RECREATION
◊ Continue to offer classes and sports leagues, add adult fitness classes (Zumba, yoga, and
Jujitsu).
◊ Hire and maintain more part-time staff to cover evening and weekend rentals.
◊ Add more adult sports (flag football and soccer) and increase our basketball numbers/teams.
◊ Obtain access to other facilities to grow our current youth programs and create new youth
sports leagues (futsal, flag football).
◊ We successfully increased our summer camp numbers, now we will look to add more camps
when kids are out of school, to provide childcare for our residents. (Spring break, fall break
and Christmas break).
◊ Do a small makeover on the rec center, carpet, classes, cleaning, and painting.
◊ Increase adult basketball to 10 teams.

SENIOR CENTER
◊ Continue to settle into new home.
◊ Finish remodel on Library – bookcases, flooring, paint.
◊ Replace flooring in the dining room.
◊ Continue to develop sustainable meal program.
◊ Increase operating hours to better serve our senior community (include evening hours,
once/month Saturdays).
◊ Add staff to better manage growing Center and programs (Full-time)Finish remodel on
Library – bookcases, flooring, paint.
◊ Replace flooring in the dining room.
◊ Continue to develop sustainable meal program.
◊ Increase operating hours to better serve our senior community (include evening hours,
once/month Saturdays).
◊ Add staff to better manage growing Center and programs (Full-time).