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Adopted FY 2017-18 Budget
COMMUNITY SERVICES
SERVICE AREA SUMMARY
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
The Community Services Service Area FY 17-18 Adopted Budget is decreasing by $2,896,633,
or 6.1%.
The FY 17-18 Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Fund Budget includes an $8 million transfer to the
Coliseum Improvements Fund for the construction of the Greensboro Swarm Fieldhouse and
other improvements.
The FY 17-18 General Fund contribution to the Cemeteries Fund is budgeted at $435,706.
The Community Services Service area has a total net decrease of 7.58 FTEs of the following
positions:
- addition of a Youth Services Superintendent in Parks and Recreation (1 FTE)
- deletion of a part-time Program Tech position in Parks and Recreation (-0.5 FTE)
- deletion of a seasonal Recreation Assistant in Parks and Recreation (-0.26 FTE)
- deletion of two Park Attendants in Parks and Recreation (-2 FTEs)
- deletion of a part-time Associate Curator at the Historical Museum (-0.5 FTE )
- assignment of 30% of a Planner position from Housing Partnership Fund to Planning (-0.3
FTE)
- mid-year transfer of one Intern position from the City Manager’s Office to Workforce
Development (0.48 FTE)
- deletion of three Workforce Development positions (-3 FTEs - Program Operations
Manager, Program Tech, and WIA Program Specialist)
- mid-year transfer of a Planner from the Community Development Block Grant
Fund to Planning (- 1 FTE)
- deletion of a Rehabilitation Specialist in Community Development Block Grant Fund (-1
FTE)
- deletion of a part-time Assistant Administrator from the Community Development Block
Grant Fund (-0.5 FTE)
Community Partners Board agency funding includes the following: Greensboro Children’s
Museum - $100,000; Greensboro Sports Commission - $85,000; Blandwood Mansion - $20,000;
Out of the Garden Project - $75,000; Green Hill Center for NC Art - $50,000; and Eastern Music
Festival - $27,000.
The FY 17-18 Budget increases funding support for Center City Park/LeBauer Park from
$350,000 to $400,000.