Post Category: ‘City Budget’
City’s Year-End Financial Report is Strong. Why do some say otherwise?
This post is primarily about our City’s strong financial position as demonstrated by the recent year-end financial report (highlights below). But I also want to raise the issue of how different…
Continue ReadingSwimming, public pools, social infrastructure, and public health. And what my mother gave me.
Dear Reader,
You may be aware that our outdoor public pool facilities—the ones adjacent to Thomas Worthington High School, opening in 1954 on school property, and managed since then by a…
Continue ReadingCity Finances: Update, 4/30/23
Dear Reader, At last week’s City Council meeting, Finance Director Scott Bartter provided us with the City’s March and April financial reports. The upshot is that current performance is strong. …
Continue ReadingCity’s Financial Health: 2022 year-end report, and January, 2023 early indicator
Our City just released a very positive 2022 year-end financial report. General Fund revenue was up 15% over budget, actual expenditures were down 10%, and our General Fund cash balance was up 20%…
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