Showing posts with label City wrestles with budget woes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City wrestles with budget woes. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2011

City wrestles with budget woes

By Dan Garcia

PALM BAY - If you think there will be any fat in the proposed city budget for the upcoming fiscal year, you are mistaken, city officials said.

In preparing the upcoming 2011-12 budget, city officials said their budget is already based on bare-bones revenues.

Meanwhile, operating costs continue to increase, forcing the city to cut spending and raise the tax rate.