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Amarillo staff propose targeted fee increases, realignments to reduce general-fund subsidy
Summary
City staff presented a department-by-department set of cost-recovery proposals — from shelter and abatement fees to environmental-health and library charges — and will return formal resolutions and projected revenue figures to council during the budget process.
At a March budget workshop, Amarillo staff outlined dozens of targeted fee and revenue adjustments intended to reduce general-fund subsidies across departments and to produce a menu of options for the coming budget cycle.
City Manager summarized the exercise as a search for “what services are providing revenue that is not keeping pace with expense” and presented recommendations ranging from raising animal-shelter daily care and surrender fees to realigning grease-trap revenues into the general fund. For animal management staff recommended increasing the daily shelter-care fee from…
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