By: Diane Benjamin
The budget Tari Renner inherited when he became mayor was $167 million. (2014) Page 3 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=5104
2015 budget was $180.4 million Page 3 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=7075
This took 13.4 million out of the local economy
2016 budget was 186.3 million Page 15 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=9210
This took another 6.3 out of the local economy for a total of $19.7 million
2017 budget was $207.6 million Page 2 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=10624
This took another $21.3 million out of the local economy for a total of $41 million
The proposed 2018 budget is now on-line – $213.6 million Page 44 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=12224
This takes another $6 million out of the local economy for a total of $47 million!
$47 million isn’t pension funding.
$47 million wasn’t spent on streets.
What did citizens get for $47 million?
On another note:
Would somebody please tell Tari the City doesn’t have 750 employees! He says that number over and over and claims it’s 100 less than they used to have.
See page 36 of 2018 link.
2016 – 621
2017 – 622
2018 the City wants 626
How many did the City have before the early buy out?
https://blnnews.com/2017/02/09/mayor-candidates-factmatter/
2007: Here 690
2008: Here 690
2009: Here 599
2013: Here 583
2014: Here 592
2015: Here 583
2016 isn’t available because the financial statements are a secret.
Obviously the City isn’t operating with 100 fewer employees, but they are making good progress toward growing the work force to unsustainable levels again.
Sheep are dumber than pigs.
Do you have a opinion on ward 9, please look at GregRodriguez.net?
Muftee is a solid conservative and is working much harder in the ward.