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Department hears mayor's budget instructions: 3% general-fund reduction in year one, 6% cumulative in year two
Summary
Mark Corso outlined the mayor's budget instructions and calendar: departments were asked to propose ongoing general-fund reductions of 3% in year one and a cumulative 6% in year two, submit departmental budgets by Feb. 21, and avoid requesting net new positions; the city projects a roughly $400 million two-year gap.
Mark Corso of the department's Planning and Finance Division presented the city's budget timeline and high-level fiscal outlook to the commission, including a five-year financial plan and guidance the mayor's office had issued to departments.
Corso said the mayor instructed departments to propose ongoing general-fund support reductions equal to 3% in the first year and an additional 3% the next year (6% cumulative). At…
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