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File #: 199545    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 6/25/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/25/2015 Final action: 10/13/2016
Enactment date: 6/25/2015 Enactment #: 199545
Title: That the Finance Committee examine the impact of the continued practice of balancing the city's budget by raising property taxes to the maximum permitted under Proposition 2 1/2, and explore ways for this Board to engage earlier in the budget process.
Sponsors: William A. White Jr., Tony Lafuente

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That the Finance Committee examine the impact of the continued practice of balancing the city's budget by raising property taxes to the maximum permitted under Proposition 2 1/2, and explore ways for this Board to engage earlier in the budget process.

 

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That the Finance Committee examine the impact of the continued practice of the city's budget being balanced by raising property taxes to the maximum permitted under Proposition 2 and 1/2 by using all of new growth and explore ways for the Board of Aldermen to become more active in the budget process at an earlier point in time than is currently done.