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Work session: Harrisville drafts budget with police, parks and roads priorities and an estimated $500,000 gap
Summary
Department heads walked the council through the draft budget — police salary and training items, parks programming and portable-restroom costs, and public-works road and sewer maintenance — leaving a draft shortfall of about $500,000. Council asked for department-priority lists and additional revenue verification before truth-in-taxation moves.
Harrisville department leaders reviewed draft budget details during a work session in which staff highlighted priorities and constraints and the city manager summarized a draft deficit of roughly $500,000.
Police (Speaker 1) said wages and salaries overall would drop from last year’s budget in part because of retirements and lower-paid replacements, but noted line items for training, vehicle replacement and equipment rotation would remain. Department presenters said court‑security wages are being moved into the court…
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