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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-10-07 - Minutes4. Parks Maintenance as a portion of Total Operating Budget: Total General Fund Budget: $1,872,648 Total Maintenance in General Fund: $871,972 47% Total Parks Development Budget: $1,927,000 Total Maintenance in Parks Development: $1,321,914 69% Total Parks Budget: $3,799,648 Total Maintenance in Parks Budget: $2,193,886 58% Watson said these were the numbers that were requested at the last meeting. Paul added that it was a lot of money. Jumper agreed, and said Humphry provided the numbers. S. Other Business: Watson read the upcoming events. He asked how many kickball teams there were. Jumper said there were around 30. Watson said that was great. Paul asked how the disc golf course was coming along. Jumper said it's doing great, and added that an article was in the paper recently about it. Maxwell said that on October 8, Alan Edmondson is speaking about his fieldwork for his thesis, and about the trees located on Mt. Kessler that are over 300 years old. The presentation is at the Fayetteville Public Library at 5:30 pm. Also, a guy is interested in doing a drum circle in Fayetteville and is considering Gulley Park. Proffitt asked what a drum circle was. Maxwell said it's a group of drummers doing something like a jam session. The group enjoys people listening to them as well as wanting to join in. He said he thought the gentleman had visited with Parks about it. Jumper said he had come in to discuss it. Steve Schneider, with the Off the Road Cyclists, added that the drums aren't snare drums. There can be a large drum that several c