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Fairview city manager says finance staff gap hampers short‑term budgeting; committee requests primer

5788642 · January 9, 2025
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Summary

Fairview’s city manager told EDAC the city lacks a permanent finance director and does not yet have a clear cash‑balance picture; staff said they are recruiting a finance director, working to stabilize finance operations and will provide a budget primer for advisory committees and the public.

The City Manager told EDAC that the finance director position has been vacant for about six months and that the city needs to stabilize finance staffing and systems before finalizing budgets for near‑term projects.

The City Manager described an internal assessment, saying the organization was not yet operating at full capacity (he used the metaphor that if the…

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