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City Manager warns of sales-tax shortfall, announces hiring freeze for nonpublic-safety positions
Summary
City Manager James Atkinson told the Lubbock City Council the city is $1.8 million behind year-to-date in sales-tax receipts and projected a $4.8 million year-end shortfall; he said staff will institute a hiring freeze for non-public-safety roles and monitor revenues.
City Manager James Atkinson told the Lubbock City Council on April 22 that the city is $1,800,000 behind year-to-date in sales-tax receipts and projects a $4,800,000 shortfall by fiscal year-end if current trends hold.
Atkinson said the city budgeted $42,000,000 in sales-tax receipts to date and has received $40,000,000.2. “So where we sit today, we are $1,800,000 behind in our sales tax collection,” he said. He added that sales-tax receipts are reported in arrears and the latest figures reflect spending from February.
Atkinson told the council he will implement a hiring freeze for open positions that are not public-safety roles, noting, “I am going to institute a hiring freeze on open…
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