Unwanted plant growth in Waverly Lake is making its annual summertime comeback, and the Albany parks department will deal with the problem as it did the last two years.
The city budget for the coming biennium, which starts July 1, contains for the first time “dedicated funding” for Waverly Lake maintenance, but as far as I could find it doesn’t show a dollar amount.
The overall parks and recreation budget of $34.5 million for 2025-27 includes about $12.2 million for materials and services. I watched the parks budget presentation on May 22, twice, but no one on the city budget committee asked about the lake maintenance amount…