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Measure H, Measure I budgets: Council reviews public-safety allocations and rising vehicle and training costs
Summary
At a budget study session city staff presented proposed Measure H revenue of about $5.4 million and Measure I revenue of about $10.8 million; both measures showed small projected deficits and figures were discussed in relation to staffing, vehicle depreciation and utility costs for police and fire.
PORTERVILLE — City staff told the Porterville City Council on Wednesday that Measure H revenues are projected at roughly $5,400,000 with expenditures of about $5,600,000 (a roughly $200,000 shortfall in the preliminary figures), and Measure I revenues are projected at roughly $10,800,000 with expenditures near $11,300,000, leaving a modest projected deficit in that fund as well.
Measure H — the dedicated public-safety and library sales-tax measure — remains largely committed to public-safety staffing, with staff noting council policy that has historically allocated about 42.5% of Measure H revenue to the police department and 42.5% to the fire department, and the remaining up to 15% to library and…
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