To help it better prepare for its upcoming budget-preparation season, Washington’s City Council is continuing to review fees for services and programs the city provides.

That review is scheduled to continue during the council’s meeting Monday. The council, according to its agenda for the meeting, will review fees related to planning and inspections, the waterfront docks and the aquatic center.

In recent weeks, the council has reviewed fees and deficits related to Brown Library and the Grace Martin Harwell Senior Center, both operated by the city. The council also has reviewed fees the city charges for area youth sports leagues to use city sports facilities.

Council members said the detailed information they are now receiving about those and other fees lets them know if a specific service program is making money, losing money or breaking even. That information helps them make better budget-related decisions, they said.

In other business, the council is scheduled to consider authorizing the city to apply for a Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grant to help pay for improvements to Havens Gardens. The Recreation Advisory Committee recommends the city seek the grant.

If a grant were awarded to the city, the grant would reimburse the city up to 50 percent of the cost to implement the first phase of the Havens Gardens master plan. The cost to implement the first phase is just over $800,000, according to a city document. The maximum grant the city could receive is $500,000. That means the city would need additional money from other grant sources to complete first phase, according to the document, or the project would need to be scaled back to “fit the grant.”

In October, the council approved spending up to $7,200 for Susan Suggs to develop a site-specific master plan for improvements and changes to the waterfront park on the city’s east side. The plan would be an updated version of the plan adopted by the council March 9, 2009.

Suggs suggests moving the Havens Gardens parking lot south of N.C. Highway 32 westward to provide more open area at the east end of the park. She also recommends adding a loop walking trail west of the parking lot. Other suggestions include building a shelter on the west end of Havens Gardens so it overlooks the Pamlico River, provide a fenced-in play area for small children and adding facilities for a splash park, bocce and beach volleyball.

The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building, 102 E. Second St. To view the council’s agenda for a specific meeting, visit the city’s web­site at www.washingtonnc.gov, click “Government” then “City Council” heading, then click “Meeting Agendas” on the menu to the right. Then click on the date for the appropriate agenda.