City of La Crosse 2010 Budget Picture

Link to July 2 La Crosse Tribune article, "City’s early budget outlook is grim".

How grim?

An additional $1.5 in expenses.

$250,000 reduced state aid

$400,000 projected loss in investment earnings

$592,000 increased health insurance costs

$220,000 increased contribution public retirement system

Excerpt: The increased spending doesn’t take into account requests from individual departments or union contracts still under negotiation.

Those aside, La Crosse leaders would need to cut at least $500,000 from its general operating budget to comply with the 3 percent state-mandated cap on how much the city can increase the local tax levy, Delagrave said.