Lock & Dam Park is slated to grow by 7.5 acres following an agreement to dip into cash reserves for the $30,500 price of the land.
The Rome Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority also recommended spending up to $15,000 from its county capital fund surplus for fencing, surveying and cleanup costs.
The final say is up to the Floyd County Commission, which has already indicated it wants to buy the land abutting the east side of the park off Lock & Dam Road.
“There’s no set purpose right now, other than to clean it up and secure it,” said Richard Garland, RFPRA executive director. “Our long-term objective is to try to acquire all the property along the entry road.”
The county capital fund contains about $270,000 — built up over the years as the county pre-paid for parks and recreation projects that came in under budget.
County Finance Director Gary Burkhalter recommended holding reserves of only $50,000 to $70,000, so the RFPRA also agreed Thursday to use $100,000 of the money for county projects this year.
The County Commission had included the $100,000 in its draft 2008 budget but withdrew it Thursday in favor of tapping the reserves.
“We’re on a very tight budget this year and we’re trying hard to keep expenses down,” said Commission Chairman Jerry Jennings, the county’s representative on the Authority.
The RFPRA picked $100,000 worth of top priorities from a $263,000 list of projects the board wants to do at various county facilities:
At Alto Park, $17,300 will go for tin roofs on the big pavilion and the tennis building, vinyl siding, air conditioning units and door knobs and plates.
Cave Spring Park will get $3,500 in restroom renovations.
Etowah Park will have $16,750 directed to concrete patchwork, a heating and air conditioning system in the senior center and a tin roof and vinyl siding at the tennis/skate building.
Garden Lakes Park will see $10,000 spent on gravel for the parking lot, $24,000 on Tim Barrier fencing at the soccer and baseball fields and $7,000 will be used to clear the woods.
Wolfe Park will get a $750 roll-up garage door.
Lock & Dam Park will have $14,550 spent on renovations of the small shelters and horseshoe pits and a tin roof on the big pavilion.
Riverside Park will get a $2,400 park entry sign and $3,000 worth of the Tim Barrier fencing will be used to keep cars off grassy areas.
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