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Budget & Finance Committee accepts departmental reductions; mayor’s office cites tentative union concessions

Budget and Finance Committee · June 29, 2011
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Summary

Supervisors accepted recommended cuts across multiple departments and the Mayor’s Budget Office reported a tentative agreement with police and firefighters that helps balance the budget. Several items were sent to the full Board; the committee recessed to continue remaining items the next day.

The Budget and Finance Committee on July 11 moved through departmental presentations and accepted a series of budget analyst recommendations after departments said they had reached agreement with analysts.

Highlights of accepted items included: Health Service System cuts of $52,981 (agreed), Public Library savings of $264,486 (not general fund reductions), Fire Department agreed reductions of $713,389 (department said the result was "very lean" and warned it would not cover a…

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