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City of Powell Parks Department

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503 Homesteader Court t
(307) 754-9417

parks@cityofpowell.com

Parks Department

There are 15 Parks that are made up of 125 acres of turf grass. These parks have amenities comprising of open grass areas, picnic tables and picnic shelters, playgrounds, tennis courts, skate / BMX street course park, wading pool, band shell, 1.50 miles of paved pedestrian trail, four softball, three little league, one Legion baseball and one Babe-Ruth baseball fields along with two practice baseball fields one for youth and one for Legion and Babe-Ruth. Also included are 2.5 miles of landscaped canal banks that City of Powell Parks Department maintains. Development in the near future includes additional parks in the newly developed subdivisions on the west side of town.

The Parks Department can be reached at 754-9417. Before calling with any questions you may wish to check our Frequently Asked Questions link or other links, which may answer your questions.

For your convenience to report maintenance items that you wish to inform us of, you may also e-mail us at: parks@cityofpowell.com but please use this only for normal correspondence, not for an emergency.

Along with the Parks Superintendent / City Arborist, your City of Powell Parks Department consists of a team of 4 highly qualified individuals as follows: Parks Facilities / Building Maintenance Technician, Irrigation Specialist, Plant Care Specialist and Sports Field / Turf Grass Maintenance Technician. These individuals are responsible for the repair and maintenance of all City parks including: Tree care, Ball field maintenance, Turf care, Landscaping, Irrigation maintenance, Repairs and design, Parks facilities and City owned buildings maintenance, along with an array of other services and public response help.

Along with the above services the Parks Department is responsible for the entire city street and right-of-way trees including, park trees, downtown trees and alleyway trees. These trees total $1.75 million worth of city trees.

Parks List

JK Grover - West Baldridge Dr.

Woods - Ave. K / Mountain View

Washington - 351 West 2nd

Homesteader - 1049 East Coulter

Westside - 950 Ave. K

Southside - 755 East Jefferson

Veterans - East 5th / North Evarts

Beartooth - 411 Beartooth Dr.

Links

Trees are Good

Drought Monitor

USDA Forest Service

Wyoming State Forestry Division

International Society of Arboriculture

Cheyenne Department of Urban Forestry

Wyoming Groundskeepers and Growers Association

International Society of Arboriculture - Rocky Mountian Chapter

Message from the Mayor

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My first month as your Mayor has been very interesting to say the least. We have changed the way we handle our trash and as you know we are now hauling our garbage to Cowley at a savings of $63,000 dollars per year. I think there are even greater savings to be had in this area and I can tell you we are actively pursuing them, as soon as we have more information it will be passed on to you.
There have been changes at the Aquatic center; our director has elected to leave us and we wish her well in the future in whatever she does. With a little restructuring in personal we were able to cut our expenses considerably. We still need to look for ways to cut our operation losses at the Aquatic center, City Staff is exploring all options and we will come up with an operation plan that will fit our budget. We cannot continue to absorb the losses that we have incurred in the past.
Speaking of budgets it is that time of year again, City Staff is putting together a revenue picture for next year. I wish I had a crystal ball and could accurately predict what that might be but I don’t. The only thing I can tell you is that our General fund reserve is 1.2 million dollars which is dangerously low, our auditors tell us it should be at a minimum of 3 million dollars. One way or the other we are going to have to make sure that our reserves do not go any lower and hopefully we can start to build them back to where they should be. To do that we are going to have to tighten our purse strings and this will mean there will have to be cuts made in areas that probably won’t be to popular. I am sure that the City Council, I and the city staff will be up to the task, and we will do what’s in the best interest of the City of Powell.
I am much honored to be your mayor and look forward to serving you for the next four years. I intend to use this space as not so much as a message from the Mayor but more of a Newsletter to keep you informed as far as to what each department in the City is doing, what projects they are involved in and how those projects might affect you and your neighborhood.

Don E. Hillman

Mayor

City of Powell

dhillman@cityofpowell.com

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