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City finance director warns Red Bluff general fund could be strained within three years
Summary
Finance staff told the council the city’s general fund faces multi-year pressure driven mainly by personnel costs and a recent compensation study; current estimates indicate reserves could be exhausted in roughly 3.1 years absent corrective steps.
The Red Bluff City Council heard a quarterly budget update Feb. 17 in which finance staff outlined tightening finances and a multi-year outlook that officials said will require action.
Paul Young, presenting the quarterly report, said the city’s prior-year final results showed a modest positive variance on the general fund but that structural pressures remain. "Using those figures, we can expect the general fund to run out of funds within the next 4.6 years…
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