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Menands board workshop probes cuts and new revenue to close budget gap
Summary
Village officials held a workshop to identify spending cuts and revenue options to balance a municipal budget described as under strain, focusing on police overtime, court revenue loss, property sales and possible code changes to increase fines and permits.
MENANDS, N.Y. — Village trustees met in a budget workshop to explore ways to bring next year’s budget into balance, discussing both cuts to discretionary spending and new revenue measures.
Board members said the village faces a substantial gap and reviewed discretionary items such as concerts, parks programming and senior trips that could be reduced or subsidized with sponsorships. A trustee estimated concert costs could total several thousand dollars (the group discussed figures ranging from about $6,000 for performers up to $20,000 when policing and other event costs are…
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