Mayor- President Josh Guillory Discusses Recreation Center Closures

Mayor- President Josh Guillory Discusses Recreation Center Closures

Folks in lafayette parish understand this budget shortfall.

I imagine, for example, ther's been a substantial reduction in sales tax revenue throughout the parish.

Million dollar deficit on our city city general fund and let's let's think about that eighteen million dollars that that means eighteen million dollars the previous council budgeted at.

Eighteen million dollars more in the interest paid revenue company.

So with a code nineteen bring a public health emergency it also quickly brought an economic emergency in our updated forecast as far as revenues and expenditures and adds another ten million dollars to the deficit so now we're looking at a if we didn't change any spending habits.

Twenty eight million dollar deficit you cannot continue to run a business that way you cannot continue to operate in that way so we just had to get our fiscal house in order and that's the challenges that we're facing many municipalities across the country basically same- same.

Issues and quite frankly have to opt to do the right factors are parked in the money you specific response.

But i much rather than the money we have response.

That you're going to use the barbecue around the park which everrespected parking used for you can continue to do that the park will be maintained.

Traffic stop in a few days to draft a letter make sure you call three one one or less.

I'm but there were there was a decision unfortunately.

That starting august fourteenth in the next fiscal year we're looking to close.

Or rec centers.

You know the push back here.

Will be used for areas or maybe on the north side of town where they are on the north side of town and that was why would be started but let's let's talk about.

That before the situation we had ten ten rec center.

Six of them were located within a one to two mile radius all of the north side.

And then if it if so even after these four cuts if you think about we're left with rec centers two of those six one third of these rec center still remain open lines in the north side of our town.

And that's a one third one third record are still on our side even though the north not did not represent one third of the population that.

Really doesn't represent.

One one one third of the population.

Right then i will step.

So you have one third zero state.

In our site but we also have there are parts that can be argued that it have only services.

All are part of our community including our sign.

In you have to register with you're not too far never want to get that.

Also services the northside.

In surrounding areas.

Number is a very common parking dr what's your sense of located.

And then you have the brochures.

Becoming.

In the south side of city so we to make as leaders is this.

Brett are in our- now.

Responsibly but also.

The service the great you.

Who are community.

You know there's parks and rec department groups in unsustainable spot.

Local and government if you allow it you just go without check them out.

It didn't grow to a size right right.

Thanks for your the taxpayers will subsidize and an additional three and a half million dollars and when you're running yep.

You don't have the luxury of going green at million dollars if you don't have we have a high priority right while you're going to the hot rod.

That's why we're making sure our parks are open we're making sure that all of our all of our citizens in the city in the pairs have have an ability to go to a park and that's what we're maintaining that mission.

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