Budget
The following article by Nick Halter was published in the October 31, 2011 issue of the Southwest Journal:
PARK BOARD BUDGET HAS NO TAX INCREASE, NO LAYOFFS
Minneapolis Superintendent Jayne Miller’s 2012 budget will reduce the Park Board’s workforce by 18 full-time positions from last year, but she is not proposing a tax increase or any layoffs.
The following MPRB Press Release was issued on October 19, 2011:
SUPERINTENDENT MILLER PRESENTS PROPOSED 2012 BUDGET FOR MINNEAPOLIS PARKS
The Superintendent’s Recommended 2012 Budget for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) focuses on neighborhood parks, financial sustainability and enhancing service delivery to the community.
DATES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MPRB 2012 BUDGET
Nov. 9, Public Comment Session – Administration and Finance Committee meeting, MPRB Headquarters, 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis. The Committee meeting will follow the Board’s regular meeting at 5 PM.
Nov. 22, Public Comment Session – Regular Board meeting, MPRB Headquarters, 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis, at 5 PM.
Dec. 14, Public Hearing – City of Minneapolis public hearing on City levy and 2012 Budget, City Hall, Council Chambers Room 317, 350 South 5th Street, Minneapolis, at 6 PM.
HEADS-UP FOR THE OCTOBER 20, 2010 PARK BOARD MEETING
5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. Committee meetings to follow. The meetings will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
This meeting is the last meeting that David Fisher will be attending as Superintendent. His four month stint as interim superintendent ends on October 31. We are grateful that he accepted the invitation to come to Minneapolis to fill this position.
The following story by Jake Weyer appeared in the September 16, 2010 on-line issue of the Southwest Journal:
PARK BOARD APPROVES LAYOFFS AND ANNOUNCES SUPERINTENDENT FINALISTS
After more than a century of letting attrition control employee departures from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the organization on Sept. 15 approved severance packages for up to 18 staff members, most of them managers.
The following article by Cristof Traudes was published in the Southwest Journal:
PROPOSED 2010 PARKS BUDGET WOULD BE SMALLER, KEEP 36 VACANCIES
Because of the economy and cuts to local-government aid, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s 2010 budget looks like it will shrink from 2009.
During the MPRB meeting of June 17th as part of the Superintendent's budget wrap up for 2008 he discussed the expected LGA ( Local Government Aid) unallotment allocations for the MPRB for 2009 and 2010 based on the current plan proposed by the governor.
2009 Budget Work Session
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Commissioners Meeting
Commissioners Walt Dziedzic, Bob Fine, Carol Kummer, Mary Merrill Anderson, Tracy Nordstrom, Jon Olson, Scott Vreeland, Annie Young and President Tom Nordyke.
THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE broadcast live from 5-7 p.m. on the Minneapolis Comcast cable network Channel 14 OR online on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel.
WHY THE MPRB IS HOLDING THIS SERIOUS BUDGET WORKSHOP OFF AIR AND AT A REMOTE LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED
This week the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will celebrate Sunshine Week* (www.sunshineweek.org) by retreating from transparency and public oversight. In a move that boggles the mind, the Park Board, after its regular meeting this Wednesday, will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting off-camera.
By Chris Steller, special to the Daily Mole
“Change” may be the watchword for U.S. presidential candidates, but it’s also in the air at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, where this month commissioners reorganized themselves under a new president, electing first-termer Tom Nordyke [pictured] to lead the city’s independent park board and raising hopes for a sharp turn toward good government and fiscal responsibility.
By Dale Hulme, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder via the Twin Cities Daily Planet:
What’s the Park Board thinking when we already have too many idle youth?
Parks Notebook
BY MARY O’REGAN Superintendent’s budget recommendations approved
From the December 17th issue of the Southwest Journal
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) Administration and Finance Committee has approved Superintendent Jon Gurban’s 2008 budget recommendations amid public outcry over increased fees and ice skating rink closures.
Reporter Steve Brandt writes, in a Dec. 13 article on the Star Tribune website, in part:
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board agreed Wednesday to increase fees and cut some services...
Subtitled: "The proposed budget includes raising or instituting fees for park services and the elimination of some ice skating rinks."
KSTP Channel 5 is also reporting on the Park Board's proposed fee increases. Their website article opens with the following:
Pinch Flat News is reporting the following item on their website:
Some disturbing info just in from Gentle Stove:
"The Mpls Park & Rec approved their 2008 budget last night, which included an addition of a yearly fee for anyone who rides off-road at Theo Wirth.
Reporter Steve Brandt writes:
Some of Minneapolis' showpiece charity events will pay lots more to play in the city's cash-strapped park system if a proposed budget goes through.
Commissioners Walt Dziedzic, Bob Fine, Carol Kummer, Mary Merrill Anderson, Tracy Nordstrom, Tom Nordyke, Scott Vreeland, Annie Young and President Olson.
Date: 12/12/2007 Time: 5:05 p.m. Type: Special Location: City Council Chambers Address: City Hall
The Superintendent of the Minneapolis Park Board has proposed increasing 2008 fees for Major Permit Events - some by as many as 400%, which will ultimately hurt the work of local nonprofit organizations who use Minneapolis Parks for their special events, such as the Pride Festival.
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