From the Columbus Republic:
The city of Columbus spent about $12.4 million to run police, fire and other departments through the first half of the year — leaving about 57 percent of the budget to cover July-December spending.
Barring weather catastrophes or other unpredictable events, Mayor Kristen Brown and leaders of the city’s three biggest departments — fire, police, parks — assert that they’re on track to stay within the 2012 budget.
“Overall, we’re in good shape,” Brown said.
Fire, police and parks departments each had at least 54 percent of their budgeted expenditures remaining through June.
The Columbus Fire Department spent about $3.3 million, leaving about $3.9 million — or 54 percent of budget — for the second half of the year.
Its biggest budget category, personnel, has at least half its funds available for the remainder of the year.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Budget-under-control-At-year-s_1346039364
