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Council amends budget to set aside $640,000 toward failing DPW wall
Summary
The Berkeley City Council approved a second-quarter budget amendment that earmarks $640,000 of year-end favorable results toward an estimated $700,000–$800,000 repair to a deteriorating DPW brick wall, while preserving the city’s target fund-balance percentage and allocating smaller amounts for signage and consulting.
The Berkeley City Council on March 2 approved a budget amendment that designates $640,000 of last year’s unanticipated favorable results to cover emergency repairs to a deteriorating Department of Public Works (DPW) brick wall.
City finance director Carl Johnson told council the city finished the year about $800,000 better than expected, money that fell to fund balance after year-end accounting. Under the amendment Johnson proposed using $340,000 from the general fund, about $240,000 from water and sewer sources and roughly…
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