Sebastian: police funding must be maintained under amendment, leaving steep cuts elsewhere
City Manager Brian Benton told residents the proposed amendment requires maintaining public safety funding (about $9 million), meaning other departments would face the brunt of any $4.7 million revenue loss; the city's budget currently assigns about 45% of the general fund to police.
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At the workshop Brian Benton said the amendment under consideration includes a requirement that the city continue to fund public safety at current levels, which would constrain where cuts could be made if ad valorem revenue disappears. "The bill also requires that we continue to fund operate public safety, which is our police department, at its current levels. That is about $9,000,000," Benton said.
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