Civilian grant to put officers on street. Retirement benefits for state employees will get cost of living increase. The budget is solid in what it does but needs to expand in depth of Economic Development and special projects. Hard to tell actual dollar amount. Rarely captures what issued in debt for any fiscal year.
Every project has cash impact.
The City went through the rating process. Standards and Poors did not raise the rating and kept their same concerns. Fitch did an extensive analysis of default rates. Their organizational assumption is that municipalities default less than any other. Raised the rating.