Mayor Gary Becker sends his proposed 2008 budget to the City Council on Oct. 22, but here's a not-so-small bit of inside information.
The Capital Improvement Plan -- the amount of money budgeted for bricks and mortar infrastructure projects -- in the mayor's budget is $7.6 million.
Where'd we get that number? From His Honor himself. While we were interviewing new city administrator Ben Hughes, Becker came in and announced it to Hughes (and to our listening ears). Becker seemed pretty pleased with the number, too. It's flat to this year's $7.56 million, (setting a good example for department heads).
We tried a follow-up question or two -- for instance, will the budget be so tight that we'll have to lose a dozen police officers, as has been bandied about -- but Becker only smiled, shook his head "no," and said, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." We think he was kidding.
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