Summary
Commissioners flagged Parks and Rec instructor contracts running in the red — one karate program generated $358 while its contractor was paid $7,350. Staff explained a 70/30 revenue split and warned cutting them eliminates free senior (55+) programs. Roughly $11,000 total is at stake.
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Last discussed Jun 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
Cutting all eleven losing programs would save only about $11,291 but end free senior programming.
Seniors and families keep free and low-cost recreation programs if contracts are kept or renegotiated.
If cut, seniors lose free programs; taxpayers currently subsidize the losses.
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