Vicky-- I believe the $50 million pertains to the tax-supported portion of the MPRB operating budget, and the additional funds are mostly non tax-supported operating funds-- from enterprise funds and internal service accounts. That was the case a couple of years ago when I examined the MPRB budgets and their planning process. These 'non tax-supported' operating funds (about $20 million at the time) were off limits for public discussion in the overall 'public' budget-planning process, and probably still are off-limits for public discussion purposes. The Enterprise funds include the golf courses, concessions, and more. The capital budgets were also not on the table for public discussion and review a couple of years ago. In general, a major problem year after year, is that of pursuing capital projects without including the ancillary O&M budgets that will be necessary to operate and maintain the projects into the foreseeable future. I haven't been monitoring their budgets this year, but my earlier reviews are listed below, and I doubt much has changed.
Michael Hohmann Linden Hills Park Board Budgets II-a, Wed, 02 Jul 2003 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20897.html Park Board Budgets II-b, Wed, 17 Sep 2003 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg22735.html -end- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Victoria Heller > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:07 PM > To: Mpls Forum > Subject: [Mpls] Park Board Meetings Wednesday > > > To those who attend the meeting tonight; please ask about the following > accounting discrepancy. > > The Park Board claims that its budget is around $50 million annually. > > However, the City's Truth in Taxation budget shows "Parks and Recreation" > expenditures as nearly $80 million. > > This $80 million, by the way, compares to St. Paul's $41 million > (though St. > Paul does have 25% fewer people.) > > Vicky Heller > North Oaks and Cedar-Riverside > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
