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Cedar Hills council weighs trimming library reimbursement as budget gap looms
Summary
Facing a roughly $69,000 general-fund shortfall, Cedar Hills officials discussed lowering the $60 library reimbursement, reallocating reserves, removing a Meals on Wheels contribution or raising the public-safety fee; council took a nonbinding straw poll and asked staff to return with budget recommendations for final action.
Cedar Hills council members and residents spent the longest discussion of the evening on whether to reduce or preserve a $60-per-household library reimbursement program as staff outlined a general-fund shortfall driven largely by rising public-safety costs.
City finance staff presented a line-by-line look at pressures that left the general fund roughly $69,000 short, citing higher legal costs, software and election expenses, and an increase in contracted public-safety payments. "Our public-safety costs went up 70% last year," a staff member told the council, noting that even a modest annual…
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