Other proposals included in the package of cost-cutting measures include reductions in maintenance of parks and open spaces, charging schools for the provision of crossing patrols and reducing leisure services across the borough.

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Mr Davies said the council had rejected the budget option to remove maintenance of some parks and bowling greens, and had given Birkenhead dog kennels a reprieve from closure.

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Healing the wear and tear on overused national parks by earmarking money for adequate maintenance.

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The thrill-ride expert says that during the recent recession, theme parks around the world went into maintenance-only modes in order to reduce operating costs.

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Ultimately, Delno, who died last August, supervised a maintenance crew for the Seattle Parks Department.

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The administration also has warned of long lines at airports as security personnel are furloughed, of teacher layoffs in some classrooms and adverse impacts on maintenance at the nation's parks.

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There are also programs that reach out into the community to do improvements or maintenance to public facilities like baseball fields, courthouses and parks.

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