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West Palm Beach staff presents balanced FY22 general fund budget after stronger-than-expected revenue
Summary
City administration presented a proposed FY22 general fund budget of about $204.1 million, explaining stronger local revenues and expense reductions helped restore departmental budgets and avoid previously planned 5% cuts; unresolved labor negotiations and overtime levels remain topics for further discussion.
City Administrator Faye Johnson and Budget Manager Linda McDermott presented a proposed FY22 general fund budget that staff described as balanced at about $204.1 million, up from the FY21 adopted general fund of roughly $193.45 million.
Johnson told the commission she had expected FY22 to be as challenging as FY21 but said the local economy rebounded better than anticipated. “I am fortunate that I was wrong,” she said. Johnson identified three reasons the city’s FY22 outlook improved: a stronger local economy and property-value environment, reductions in several operating expenditures following FY21 actions, and removal of a previously used $4.1 million vacancy allowance that staff characterized as a recurring budgeting risk.
McDermott summarized revenue and expenditure changes that underpin the proposed budget. She reported property-tax revenue rising by about $5.3 million, other…
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