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Shepherdsville council presses for line-item capital project list, schedules June 2 special meeting
Summary
Council members and staff debated how detailed the annual budget ordinance should be after several capital projects, including a skate park, drew concern for not appearing in the current ordinance; council agreed to a special meeting on June 2 for an itemized capital projects report.
Shepherdsville council members on Tuesday renewed calls for greater budget transparency and for capital projects to be listed by project beneath each department’s total capital expense, and they scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. June 2 to review an itemized list.
The discussion began after council members said they had learned projects such as a skate park had not appeared in the current budget ordinance even though work had been authorized. Council member Jennifer (last name not specified in transcript) said, “I would like to see our budget when it has miscellaneous projects that those projects are specified.”
Council members and staff traded explanations about how the city now provides monthly itemized reports that show every department purchase and account activity, but several councillors said those monthly reports are not the same as the ordinance language they vote on. Mayor (name not specified in transcript) and…
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