This week, all city departments presented their proposed 2021-2022 budgets to the City Council. Overall, the budget request is $488 million, up from $444 million from the current budget year ending June 30, 2021.
In total, the budget requests include an increase of 38.5 new positions, including 8 firefighters and equipment for a second Medical Response Unit, 3 additional communications specialists/911 dispatchers, and 2 additional detectives.
The proposed budget also includes operating costs for Heroes Park Lake and Glen Lakes Park. In addition, the budget proposal adds project managers, engineers, and building safety inspectors to support economic growth and eliminate current paperwork log jams. Another area that is growing is our IT department in order to meet the growing cybersecurity and technician needs within the city.
The proposed budget details are available online, if you would like to get more details from this week's deliberations click here and click here.
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