From the Columbus Republic:
More funds for public safety, expanded hours at Columbus Transit and improving animal care in the community are among the components of the city’s 2014 budget that support Mayor Kristen Brown’s highest priorities.
The $49.3 million 2014 city budget, approved Tuesday by City Council, increased about 7 percent from 2013’s approved $46.2 million budget. However, this year the city is spending more than $2.2 million in funds from a tax distribution error. That means actual spending for this year and next year are about the same.
“We did this all with effectively flat property tax revenue and with the loss of $1.4 million out of the revenue from the trash fees,” Brown said. “We were able to make investments through efficiencies. We found a lot of cost efficiencies in the last year and a half and have been able, with a basically flat budget, to make some good investments.”
http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/City-budget-targets-mayor-s-st_1380741051
