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Budget reduction proposal to eliminate the Swing Shift Crew in Portland Parks & Recreation's Land Stewardship Division (7.0 FTE). The crew provides after-hours restroom cleaning, trash removal, graffiti removal, and emergency response across Downtown, Northwest, Washington Park, and East Portland parks. Status is Not Recommended. Elimination would result in delayed maintenance response, unsafe park conditions, and reduced job opportunities for marginalized communities, effective September 1, 2025.

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Package 23,647 proposes elimination of Swing Shift Crew comprising 1.0 Maintenance Supervisor, 2.0 Parks Technicians, 3.0 Utility Workers, 1.0 Seasonal Maintenance Worker (p. 1627)
Status: Not Recommended (p. 1627)
All recommended funding (External Materials and Services, Internal Materials and Services, Personnel, General Fund Discretionary) totals $0 (p. 1627)
Service impacts include elimination of daily and weekend second restroom cleaning in late afternoon, citywide park trash removal 7 days per week, graffiti removal, and after-hours emergency response (p. 1627)
Implementation date: September 1, 2025 (p. 1627)
Primary affected parks: Downtown, Northwest, Washington Park, East Portland parks including Mt. Tabor, Gateway Discover, Gateway Green, Luuwit View Park (p. 1627)
Equity impacts: Reduction in work opportunities for communities of color, Black individuals, Indigenous peoples, and negative effects on park access for seniors, teens, immigrants, refugees, people with disabilities, and low-income households (p. 1627)

💰 $0 · 👥 1.0 FTE Maintenance Supervisor · 2.0 FTE Parks Technicians · 3.0 FTE Utility Workers · 1.0 FTE Seasonal Maintenance Worker · 📋 Swing Shift Crew · Land Stewardship Division · 🏛️ Portland Parks & Recreation

23,647

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23,647 - Eliminate Swing Shift Crew Service Area Vibrant Communities DCA Sonia Schmanski Bureau Name Portland Parks & Recreation Director Adena Long Funding Type Name Reduction Status: Not Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total This proposal eliminates the Swing Shift Crew in the Land Stewardship Division consisting of 1.0 External Materials and Services $0 Maintenance Supervisor, 2.0 Parks Technicians, 3.0 Utility Workers, and 1.0 Seasonal Maintenance Internal Materials and Services $0 Worker. Prior to the establishment of the crew with a Supervisor, these positions from three different crews worked swing shift schedules (12:00 PM - 8:30 PM) and weekends. The new Swing Shift Personnel $0 Crew primarily supports maintenance efforts in those three work zones. Having a supervisor who $0 works after hours and weekends allowed the other three Supervisors to have a better work/life balance without needing to provide additional supervision outside of their Monday through Friday day Revenue Recommended Total schedules. The Swing Shift Crew provides a daily and weekend second restroom cleaning in the late afternoon in Downtown, Northwest, Washington Park, and East Zone parks, including Mt. Tabor General Fund Discretionary $0 Park, Gateway Discover, Gateway Green, and Luuwit View Park. The crew removes citywide park trash seven days per week in the late afternoon and weekends. The crew removes hazards and $0 offensive graffiti and cleans up parks after heavy use permits, Summer Free For All events, and Free Lunch sites. The crew responds to After Hours irrigation breaks, clogged toilets, and other restroom issues including removal of feces, bodily fluids, and hypodermic needles. The Swing Shift Crew secures vandalized assets and facilities, reports park issues, and responds to urgent and emergency incidents. Eliminating the Swing Shift Crew adversely alters these objectives by increasing work on the maintenance teams and supervisors, delaying response time of repairs, trash and hazard removal, restroom cleaning, and thus creating unsafe park conditions. This package reduction will go into effect September 1, 2025. Service Impacts This proposal reduces clean and care services and delays clean up response time to the following morning, leaving trash, broken glass, unsanitary restrooms, clogged toilets, biohazards, feces, hypodermic needles, offensive graffiti, and vandalized and unsecured assets and facilities in the parks, creating unsafe park conditions. Eliminating the Swing Shift Crew increases work on the maintenance teams and supervisors. This reduction in maintenance decreases direct support for the City’s livability and economic recovery goals, especially in Downtown, Northwest, Washington Park, and East Portland parks. Equity Impacts PP&R is committed to providing employees with opportunities for advancement, particularly for individuals from historically marginalized communities, including people of color, Black individuals, and Indigenous peoples. However, a reduction in available work opportunities for these communities within Land Stewardship is anticipated due to this budget cut. This proposal reduces park services to many parks throughout Portland and will negatively affect experiences of park visitors from diverse populations, communities of color, seniors, teens, immigrants and refugees, people living with disabilities, and households experiencing poverty, especially those in affected parks in East Portland.

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 1627