After just over 1.5 hours of budget discussion during a special called meeting, the Crossville city council approved the first reading of 2016-17 budget and tax rate.
The readings are mainly ceremonial at this time since neither the budget nor the tax rate are finalized. Three readings of both the budget and tax rate are required for approval of these ordinances.
Going into the meeting, the budget was down to $900,000 in the red from the $2.4 million that it started at. Crossville mayor James Mayberry told the council he felt the city should use money from its fund balance to complete projects that had been in the planning for several years.
Councilman Pete Souza was not at the meeting and sent an email out earlier in the week accusing other council members of setting the meeting when they knew he'd be out of town. That comment elicited a response from councilman Jesse Kerley that Mayor Mayberry had set the meeting.
The next reading of the budget is expected to come during the June regular meeting and a public hearing on the budget will be held immediately prior to that meeting.
No comments:
Post a Comment