How Greensboro's spending your pennies
From what I'm hearing on the streets, city council is getting just about everything they wanted from the city budget this year. Pretty flower beds. Fewer potholes. A new bus route out on Summit Avenue. Most importantly, looks like no new taxes.
Read more about it in my story Tuesday.
Here's how the city staff came up with the cash to balance the budget:
-- $400K for landscaping
funded from capitol reserves
-- $450K library deficit
funded by taking $350K from a housing reserve and $100K from a technology fund
-- Summit Avenue bus route
looking for federal funds first
-- $1 million for repaving
draining Powell Bill reserve
Of course, these appropriations are pending approval by city council. And they might just give it Tuesday night, deep into what could be a rather lengthy meeting.
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