2015 philosophies:
General Fund
• Maintain $25 million or more
• Only used for one-time expenditures
• Efficiently target spending
• Salaries and Benefits
• Maintenance Standards
Realities:
• Employee Retention
• Increases in demand for services
• Declining state and federal funding and unfunded mandates
• Infrastructure and facility needs
• Use of fund balances
• Property assessments
• Flood recovery and reimbursements
