Post by pavel on Apr 21, 2016 2:39:32 GMT -6
Santa Fe budget proposal calls for $5.3 million in cuts, fee increases for parking, parks
SANTA FE – Santa Fe City Manager Brian Snyder on Wednesday released a proposed $82.3 million budget aimed at closing what city officials describe as a $15 million budget gap for the next fiscal year. The budget includes $5.3 million in spending cuts along with fee increases for parking and parks and recreation.
City spokesman Matt Ross cautioned that Snyder’s 106-page budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is just a proposal.
“Nothing is final. The governing body decides the budget, not the city manager,” he said. “The budget process up to this point has been exactly that, a process. … This is the beginning of a conversation. What we did today is release a budget that is balanced and eliminates the structural deficit. So as of today we now have a hard reference point for that conversation as we move forward.”
A key element of the proposal is the elimination of “bridging strategies” the city adopted to get through the recession years. The city has used money from the flush water division fund for years to pay salaries of some employees in other departments, including $3.8 million to close last year’s budget gap.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/760575/news/santa-fe-budget-proposal-calls-for-5-3-million-in-cuts-fee-increases-for-parking-parks.html
SANTA FE – Santa Fe City Manager Brian Snyder on Wednesday released a proposed $82.3 million budget aimed at closing what city officials describe as a $15 million budget gap for the next fiscal year. The budget includes $5.3 million in spending cuts along with fee increases for parking and parks and recreation.
City spokesman Matt Ross cautioned that Snyder’s 106-page budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is just a proposal.
“Nothing is final. The governing body decides the budget, not the city manager,” he said. “The budget process up to this point has been exactly that, a process. … This is the beginning of a conversation. What we did today is release a budget that is balanced and eliminates the structural deficit. So as of today we now have a hard reference point for that conversation as we move forward.”
A key element of the proposal is the elimination of “bridging strategies” the city adopted to get through the recession years. The city has used money from the flush water division fund for years to pay salaries of some employees in other departments, including $3.8 million to close last year’s budget gap.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/760575/news/santa-fe-budget-proposal-calls-for-5-3-million-in-cuts-fee-increases-for-parking-parks.html