Monday, June 8, 2009

Council passes FY2010 budget

The City Council tonight passed the budget submitted by the mayor - $46,673,714.81.

Wowser.

The breakdown:

  • School Dept.: $21,036,039
  • Water: $4,343,950.43
  • Sewer: $4,566,700.28
  • Harbormaster: $338,884

There were no cuts to the budget submitted by Mayor John Moak.

Ward 5 Councillor Brian Derrivan tried to eradicate the Emergency Management department and Councillor-At-Large Tom Jones tried to get a couple of things out (painting the interior of the Rawson Hill water tank at a cost in FY10 of $400,000 for just the design, a new utility truck for the DPW and the $338,884 for the Harbormaster seeing as how the dept. has $400,000+ in free cash), but it was all in vain.

I asked Ward 4 Councillor Ed Cameron how they could pass a budget without asking about outstanding property tax and sewer payments, but he said he didn't know anything about that.

Anyway ... I need to get a new job, as a water tank painter.

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