Budget Panel Reviews Parks and Recreation's Fiscal 2027 Spending Plan
Other Committee · Meeting of February 26, 2026
Greenwich budget panel finds parks fee hikes will add $495,000 in revenue for fiscal 2027. Director Joseph Leano and Assistant Director Dan Carlson presented a 2.8 percent operating increase, driven by a rising minimum wage projected at $16.94 an hour and costs tied to roughly 300 seasonal workers. The department's full-time headcount holds at 101, down from 123 two decades ago, a reduction Leano called "20 percent of our department." Ferry repairs emerged as the session's biggest concern: inspectors found $500,000 to $600,000 in unplanned steel work needed on the Island Beach boat before engine repowering can proceed, part of a fleet that includes vessels built in 1937 and 1948.
Golf course revenue is projected to rise 14.62 percent after fee adjustments. A $300,000 ADA accessibility request targets Cos Cob Park and Montgomery Pinetum. No formal votes were taken.
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Source: the Other Committee meeting of February 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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