The budget is not yet balanced, in accordance with Council direction.
Requests exceed current revenue projections by millions of dollars.
Tonight, each department will present highlights about their operation and budget requests. I will present my balanced budget to the Council on October 30th. In the interest of getting the word to our community, I ve arranged for this meeting to be videotaped and broadcast on Channel 28. Following tonight, there will be a public hearing on the departmental requests on October 9th. There will be two more opportunities for public input, in November and December.