Major Goals and Highlights

  • Provide in-house staffing to City pools and over 117,000 pool program participant hours throughout the year.
  • Continue implementation of expanded recreation/crime prevention initiative bringing total recreation program registrants to 46,000
  • Provide and maintain 22,000 trees on a regular basis as part of the district tree trimming program
  • Complete new City wide tree inventory so that data is compatible with Auto Cad programs
  • Begin implementation of the restoration and rehabilitation of Forest Park based on the Forest Park Master Plan that has begun in 1997
  • Implement a tutorial program at four recreation centers
  • Respond to 72,000 vacant lot weed/debris service needs on a scheduled basis
  • Respond to 3,000 weed/debris removal requests at occupied buildings and 21,000 requests at vacant buildings
  • Remove 3,500 trees that are dead, dying or dangerous to the public
  • Implement a cyclical debris removal program to provide Ward by Ward clean-up of vacant lots and properties
  • Enhance the payroll/personnel and accountings with increased computerization
  • Receive 26,000 visitors to the Jewel Box in Forest Park
  • Propagate 500,000 plants in the City's greenhouse
  • Maintain 170 median and other outdoor planters and gardens
  • Develop a "Learn to Swim" program at the municipal swimming pools

Budget By Division

Actual
FY96

Budget
FY97

Budget
FY98

210 Director of PRF 306262323573289403
213 Recreation 202426224356962270041
214 Forestry 444004545849564304445
220 Parks 643974766796817219040
250 Tower Grove Park 563000599000614000
Total General Fund 137733161462290614696929
Grant and Other Funds 807000800000825000
Total Department All Funds 145803161542290615521929
Number of Full Time Positions
General Fund328328332
Other100
Total329328332

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