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Residents and council members press city on budget, road repairs and personnel costs
Summary
Public commenters and several council members urged scrutiny of the city's budget, cited high personnel costs and poor road conditions; the treasurer and finance chair outlined revenue and expense figures and said the appropriation will return for further review.
Residents and council members called for sharper budget oversight at the Lorain City Council meeting, citing high personnel costs, rising benefit expenses and deteriorating roadways.
Catherine Kennedy, CPA (inactive), submitted written guidance on the city's budget that was read into the record. Kennedy's correspondence cited the auditor of state's 2018 audit and later reports and said personnel costs were about 78% of general fund expenditures for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022. Kennedy wrote that lowering personnel costs to 70% would free roughly $3,100,000 for other services and that a reduction to 50% would free about $10,700,000 annually; the correspondence was entered into the record by motion.
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