Consultant urges keeping recurring general-fund spending within projected receipts

Paige described the general fund as "financially stable" and directed council attention to recurring receipts as the key budgeting constraint. She told members to plan recurring costs so they do not exceed the modelled recurring receipts (quoted in the transcript as "that 3 million 8,561"), saying one-time capital purchases can be funded from reserves but recurring costs must fit the recurring-receipts baseline.