The Board of Mayor and Aldermen are taking $150,000 from its $9.2 million capital improvements bond fund to cover part of the cost of repairing a 1-year-old landslide problem at Riverfront Park.

The board Monday approved transferring the money from the city’s recreation fund to the Riverfront Park services account. The money is half the city’s $300,000 budget for parks and recreation improvements under the bond issue, and expected to cover the city’s share of an estimated $300,000 repair cost.

Riverfront Park is owned jointly by the city and county, which split maintenance and repair costs.

“This is the first time that we have amended the bond money to pay for a project that is ongoing, and that’s because of the fact of the erosion problem, which is considered serious in my opinion, at Riverfront Park, probably the most used park in the city,” Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said.

Warren County Administrator John Smith said the supervisors are expected to discuss the park at a Monday work session. He said the county has not designated any money for the project, which is expected to be done by city and county employees.

The project involves removing a section of dirt from the top of the slide, reducing pressure on the soil, and stabilizing the area. It was recommended by consulting engineers Burns Cooley Dennis Inc. of Jackson at a joint Feb. 10 meeting of the boards as the most feasible of solution to the problem. Burns Cooley Dennis was hired by the city and county to perform tests at the site and recommend possible solutions.

Riverfront Park is located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River off South Washington Street, south of Ameristar Casino.

A section of the bluff on the south end of the park began slowly sliding off the bank in April 2015, taking part of the park’s perimeter fence and walking trail, and threatening a playground area and its equipment. The slide forced officials to close off the area.

Engineers with Burns Cooley Dennis said water flowing from a broken, leaking 3-inch water line was the cause of the slide. A slide on the northern end of the park, he said, was caused by erosion from a storm drainpipe.

City officials repaired the line, stopping the slide.