Thursday, June 10, 2010

City of Sheboygan Officials Face $1,500,000 Budget Deficit in 2011

"It's deja vu all over again!"

Link to June 10 Sheboygan Press article, "Budget cuts may place services in jeopardy".

Excerpt: Sheboygan officials say they may have no choice but to make cuts affecting library programs, snow removal, park maintenance and other popular city services in order to close a projected $1.5-million budget deficit looming in 2011.

Department heads gave aldermen an early look at what may be needed to balance the budget during a Committee of the Whole meeting Wednesday night
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Sheboygan officials say they may have no choice but to make cuts affecting library programs, snow removal, park maintenance and other popular city services in order to close a projected $1.5-million budget deficit looming in 2011.

Department heads gave aldermen an early look at what may be needed to balance the budget during a Committee of the Whole meeting Wednesday night
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Related articles:
Editorial board supports library funding deal.  (11/27/2009)
Library likely to maintain its MOE funding.  (11/24/2009)
MOE update.  (11/20/2009)
Mead Library and maintenance of effort funding.  (11/17/2009)
Maintenance of effort:  There at the creation.  (10/29/2009)
Maintenance of effort:  Thank "the powerful Madison library lobby".  (7/29/2009)
Maintenance of effort and the Mead Public Library.  (7/6/2009)
Library will maintain maintenance of effort.  (5/19/2009)

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