Budget Amendments for 2013 Passed

Plaintalker concurs with Dr. Yood that the special City Council meeting Wednesday was too confusing to blog about right now. Maybe later on Thursday.

There were nearly 50 amendments to the 2013 budget. Each one had to be read aloud for a separate vote. The action included a couple of reconsidered votes, one of which required telephone outreach to Council President Bridget Rivers after she had gone home.

Budget consultant David Kochel shepherded the council through the whys and wherefores of the changes, but said the bottom line was the same as the budget introduced in April. The next step is to publish the amendments and then on June 17 there will be a public hearing and final adoption.

The city is six months into the calendar year budget, meaning salaries and expenses have already been paid out for that period in temporary appropriations. The agenda for June 17 contains another $3,757,000 temporary appropriation for July.

Due to last-minute changes and one addition of $10,000 more for the summer youth employment program, the final numbers will not match the handout from the meeting. Bloggers will have until next Monday to sort things out for the readers.

--Bernice