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City manager says draft budget shows $13.3 million shortfall; department reviews, April 10 workshop planned
Summary
Maysville's city manager told commissioners a preliminary budget shows about a $13.3 million deficit that could shrink to roughly $2.5 million if large capital items are delayed; he asked commissioners to meet department-by-department and scheduled a budget-focused session for April 10.
The Maysville city manager told the Board of Commissioners on March 27 that the current draft budget shows an estimated $13.3 million shortfall once department capital requests are included.
At a special budget workshop, the city manager said the total includes about $4.2 million proposed for the Maiselock waterline, roughly $1 million for a fire truck, $2.12 million transferred to utilities and $1.1 million for broadband. "So if you took all that out, we didn't do any of that stuff. That leaves you a deficit of $2,500,000," he said, characterizing that $2.5 million as an operating gap that might change after line-by-line department reviews.
The city manager said he will meet individually with department heads to vet requested items and proposed that the commission use its April 10 regular meeting for a focused departmental review. "I would love for us to always be fully staffed, but we're never gonna be fully staffed," he added while urging a pragmatic approach to trimming requests.
Why it matters: commissioners and staff face a choice between delaying capital projects, finding new revenue or making programmatic cuts. The city manager framed water and distribution needs as a priority and said staff will produce a booklet of detailed budget materials for commissioners to review before the April workshop.
Next steps: the manager will set up department-by-department reviews; commissioners agreed to schedule a budget workshop at the April 10 meeting to examine high-priority items in greater detail.
The special meeting adjourned after the April-workshop plan was set.
