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Council hears first draft of city budget as members debate who sets goals
Summary
Finance staff distributed a first draft of the city budget; council members and department heads debated whether departmental or council-level goals should guide spending.
Anita Roberts, a city staff member, distributed the city’s first draft budget and said the document is incomplete: “It is far from over. We don't have our insurance numbers. We don't have our property tax numbers.”
The draft includes department capital requests and a proposed 35-cent fee increase for the deputy. Roberts told council members she had uploaded individual department requests for review and invited them to meet with staff for questions before the next discussion.
The council’s discussion that followed centered on whether spending should be driven by…
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