Parks and Recreation

To promote an active lifestyle that will enrich lives by providing clean, safe, accessible parks and facilities and offering diverse recreational opportunities.

Community Recreation & Senior Citizens

• Plan, organize, and conduct camps, classes, events, swim opportunities, programs, and tours for youth to senior citizens of all abilities to enhance quality of life while promoting Stafford as a safe and family-oriented community.

Gymnastics

• Provide high quality recreational and competitive gymnastics, cheerleading, and tumbling programs to area youth in a safe and positive atmosphere.

Sports

• Plan, organize, and conduct sports leagues, and instruction for all ages: basketball, tackle football, flag football, sideline cheerleading, volleyball, softball, soccer, and sports events, camps and classes.

Recreation & Facility Use Management

• Manage asset scheduling at all County managed facilities: amphitheater, pavilions, schools, event and meeting rooms, athletic fields, gyms, etc.

Park Maintenance

• Provide attractive, clean, safe and accessible parks. Maintenance includes 24 park locations and 100 athletic fields at park and school sites.

Administration

• Provide oversight and support for all the operations of the department. Oversee the annual operating budget, personnel management, organizational development, marketing, grant administration and policy development. Also serves as a liaison to the Parks and Recreation Commission.

COVID-19 Response

• Parks and Recreation has led the effort to protect County employees and the public entering County Buildings for services. Recreation staff serve as temperature checkers and customer service representatives to Departments housed in the Government Center and Courthouse Buildings. Recreation staff also provided extra cleaning in the Government Center and Courthouse Buildings.

Personnel

• 2.25% Pay Scale Adjustment
• 2.75% Salary Increase
• Workers Compensation Increase
• Increase Vacancy Savings
• Decrease in the Health Insurance Budget
• Minimum Wage Increase
• (3) Parks and Maintenance Worker I Part-Time
• (1) Financial Analyst
• Restore Funding for Temporary Workers

• Fixed contract increases
• Restore 10% of FY2021 budget reductions
• Additional operating costs for New Embrey Mill Fields

Capital

• Equipment for New Embrey Mill Fields

• Work collaboratively with Economic Development and Tourism to host sports tournaments that will generate economic impact and tax revenue for the County. (Service levels 1 and 6)
• Design and Construct a new Gymnastics Center through a public/private partnership. (Service levels 2 and 7)
• Provide quality programs at a reasonable cost to encourage participation by all citizens. (Service levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
• Continue to build relationships and partnerships with community organizations for the delivery of recreational services. (Service levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
• Emphasize staff development and training in technical areas of expertise, the latest industry trends, best practices, new technologies and leadership development. (Service levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
• Provide services as requested in response to COVID-19.