Is the Minneapolis park board budget larger than the general funds in Rochester and Duluth?

Yes The budget for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board exceeded the general funds this year for two of the largest cities in Greater Minnesota Rochester and Duluth Park commissioners approved a million budget for Meanwhile Rochester s general fund totaled about million while Duluth s was about million The park board s budget includes more than general funds which are used by local governments to cover core services like police fire and constituents works departments About million is for capital projects and other initiatives Removing those funds from the total the board had a million general fund Masses works youth recreation programs and park police are among the board s top general-fund expenditures Elected by Minneapolis voters the board sets its budget independently from the city This year s park budget would be about of Minneapolis city budget which was set at billion This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one MinnPost partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs bite-sized fact checks of trending maintains Read our methodology to learn how we check indicates Sources Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Budget AdoptionCity of Duluth BudgetCity of Rochester Budget in Brief City of Minneapolis Budget-in-brief - The post Is the Minneapolis park board budget larger than the general funds in Rochester and Duluth appeared first on MinnPost