Grim Message at City Hall Budget Meeting
About thirty-five people attended last night’s budget meeting at City Hall. Basically, Port Angeles will have to tighten its belt another notch next year.
Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski drew a financial “picture” for the audience: “You have some revenue going away. You have some revenue shrinking. You have some revenues which are not growing, and on the other side, you have services and demands for service which is going up and up. There's no way not to have this [financial] gap.”
At the end of this year the general fund will be about $150,000 in the red.
Referring to the meeting, City Manager Kent Myers said: “I think this is a good start to the process, and we're just hoping to get public input. We think it's important for the public to understand the challenges we are facing and help us work through the difficulties that we will be addressing over the next several months.”
Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski drew a financial “picture” for the audience: “You have some revenue going away. You have some revenue shrinking. You have some revenues which are not growing, and on the other side, you have services and demands for service which is going up and up. There's no way not to have this [financial] gap.”
At the end of this year the general fund will be about $150,000 in the red.
Referring to the meeting, City Manager Kent Myers said: “I think this is a good start to the process, and we're just hoping to get public input. We think it's important for the public to understand the challenges we are facing and help us work through the difficulties that we will be addressing over the next several months.”
Labels: City Manager Kent Myers, Finance Director Yvonne Ziomkowski, Port Angeles Budget Meeting
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