Posts Tagged “Budget”

I decided to take time from cleaning the gutters today to give a small retrospective of Mayor Henry’s term in office. I’ve listed below some of Henry’s major non-accomplishments. It’s not all-encompassing, so feel free to add your thoughts in the comments section.

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Tags: Budget, Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Glynn Hines, Gregg Walbridge, Hardball Capital, Harrison Square, I&M, Jerry Henry, John Shoaff, Jon A. Bragalone, Karen Goldner, Liz Brown, Marty Bender, Monosodium Glutamate, National Serv-All, Tim Pape, Tom Didier, Tom Henry, Vince Robinson

Let there be war!

Last night Pat Roller, city controller, gave a PowerPoint presentation to city council as a preface to their work on the budget. Discussions have begun long ago, but the formal process is now underway and the next step will be a meeting next Thursday, October 1st.

Liz Brown was appointed by council president Tom Smith to manage the process and will chair the meetings. That, itself, could be the topic of a long dissertation, but in short, Brown has been the most critical of personnel costs, scrutinizes cost details of many projects, but seems quite angry when someone else criticizes expenditures she favors. It should be a lively discussion.

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Tags: Budget, City Council, Fort Wayne, Liz Brown, Tom Henry, Tom Smith

This morning Vince Robinson, Fort Wayne Public Information Director issued a press release about Mayor Tom Henry’s budget for 2010.

2010 budget represents continuation of strong fiscal management of city services

Fort Wayne, Ind. – Meeting the challenge of doing more with less, Mayor Tom Henry has presented City Council with a balanced budget for 2010. At $132.2 million, 2010’s Proposed Civil City Budget comes in significantly lower than 2009’s $134 million budget. However, despite budgeting nearly $2 million in reduced expenditures, 2010’s fiscal plan contains no cuts in services to citizens.

Significant? How is 1.34% significant? If you look at the budget decrease, it’s almost the exact amount as the decrease in property taxes.

2009 receipts – 133,977,923
2010 receipts – 132,207,871 a drop of 1.32%

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Tags: Budget, Fort Wayne, Tom Henry, Vince Robinson