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Special Revenue Funds

PARK PERFORMANCE FUND: Venera Flores-Stafford, Interim Director
Department Narrative Budget Highlights

The Park Performance Fund provides for the • ACTIV Base Budget $156,517 (offset)
City’s recreation and rental programs. Park • Increased Recurring Funding for Risk Management Insurance Increase
Performance Fund divisions include: Athletics, $3,785
Aquatics, Recreation Centers, Rental and
Lake Services, Golf, and Tennis.

Performance Fund resources are managed
and deployed in accordance with the following
strategic focus areas:
• Building a Thriving Community
• Coordinate programs to support
youth, seniors and families
• Facility investment and programming
aimed at revenue generation, and
• Cost recovery

Each year the goal of cost recovery is more
difficult to attain. Socioeconomic changes,
competition in the marketplace and increasing
labor rates pose the greatest challenges.

City-wide Budget Impacts
FY 2026 expenditures are impacted by a shift in the calculation of the city’s contribution to the Group Health Fund, a 3% across
the board cost-of-living adjustment, and other market pay adjustments to some Administrative Clerical and Technical Craft
positions effective October 2025.

Authorized Positions and Expenditures by Category

Actual Budgeted Estimated Proposed
FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2025 FY 2026
Authorized Positions 99 96 96 96

Personnel Services $ 11,295,806 $ 12,706,960 $ 11,040,710 $ 12,828,529
Operating Expenses 7,091,970 7,977,950 7,618,278 6,883,698
Capital Outlay 197,808 222,520 222,520 1,598,065

TOTAL $ 18,585,583 $ 20,907,430 $ 18,881,508 $ 21,310,292

FY 2026 Proposed Budget and Business Plan 188 City of Arlington, Texas