Bloomington tonight

By: Diane Benjamin Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/702e6605-38ba-4ae4-bbbb-23d1e5dfb175-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1741303806.pdf Read the rest of the agenda yourself. A large part of tonight will concentrate on the budget. Look at the General Fund and total budget: . Proposed spending is decreasing, but what’s the history? 10 years ago the General Fund was $94,553,780. The total budget was $186.3M. https://blnnews.com/2016/07/20/35476/ The General […]

Bloomington: Budget History

By:  Diane Benjamin Total Budget 4/30/15    $180,426,393 Total Budget 4/30/22    $230,300,000    (proposed budget) SEVEN year increase of $49,873,607  (Total increase of 27.6%) Note below:   The 2015 budget was a 6.5% increase over 2014. Source: https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=7077 https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=23979