Christian on balancing the budget
question:
If county revenues decline, how should the city balance its budget? Would you cut services? If so, which ones? Would you raise taxes, fees or charges? If so, which ones?answer:
Programs and services are always on the chopping block when revenues decline. Before raising taxes, fees or charges and before “chopping services” we need to review where our money is spent and on what. Its no longer good enough to just go with the “Status Quo” of the 20th century, we must move to the 21st in the way we do the publics business. Every county department needs to do an audit of what is absolutely necessary and what can be done without. Savings from multiple departments add up to big savings in services to our community.
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