North Canton's 2013 Budget: What's Taking the Biggest Hit?
North Canton City Council had on Monday night its first reading for the 2013 budget, which, as Council President Jon Snyder describes it, is "a product in work."
City Council is moving forward with the city's 2013 budget, but it's yet to be balanced. Council had its first reading of the budget at Monday night's meeting in Council Chambers, and, according to Council President Jon Snyder, it's "projected to be in balance." "It's a product in work," Snyder said. "It's been a very arduous process — the most time-consuming budget I've seen in my time here." Finance Director Karen Alger had presented a proposed 2013 budget at the Jan. 22 council meeting, and that budget showed the city's estimated spending exceeds its revenue by $3.6 million. And $1.4 of that deficit is in the general fund. And, according to Cantonrep.com, city council will consider "fee increases, cuts in service, and possibly some …
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jim
7:25 am on Monday, January 28, 2013
I am fine with "fee increases, cuts in service, and possibly some layoffs” rather than higher taxes. The city can start with some fee for EMS service. I have known some people to go by NC’s free ambulance service to the hospital (rather than another acceptable means for non-emergency reasons) because they said that if you go by ambulance you do not have to wait in the waiting room at the hospital… more ›