I asked Paul to help me prepare for the Jan 11 vote to approve deficit budget forecast. I don't want to vote on anything in which I haven't done some research.
Paul gave 3 new Council members a quick tutorial. In Jan the year starts out confirming we have money, appropriating that money and spending that money. The only hard and fast rule is you can't overspend the appropriation. 1/11 vote kicks off this process.
As it stands now, -$316K will be the published Budget number, same as what was forecast in Jun2009. There is financial upside to this number:
-chief retires
-2 laid off firemen
-1 laid off maintenance
-Police vacant
-slightly better numbers in Jul-Dec.
Thanks Paul for the time on Monday.
Cortney
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