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.