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PFM lays out financial recovery plan for Williamsport, urges home rule and police facility planning
Summary
Consultant Gordon of PFM told the Williamsport City Council the city faces a structural budget gap and recommended pursuing home rule for taxing flexibility, digitizing records with grant support, advancing a housing study this year, and planning for a new police headquarters tied to a multi-year financing plan.
Gordon, a consultant with PFM, presented a financial management plan to the Williamsport City Council on Feb. 5 that framed the city's fiscal challenge as a structural deficit driven by slower revenue growth and rising personnel costs and laid out a multi-year roadmap for stabilizing finances.
"You do not have a $5,100,000 deficit to start this year," Gordon said, describing the July baseline projection and stressing that the 2026 budget functions as a bridge while longer-term options are pursued. He recommended pursuing home rule so the city would have both real estate and earned income tax levers,…
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