TOMORROW…APRIL 20TH - City Council Meeting – Mayor Bhalla is presenting his proposed 2022 Budget with a 5.6% tax levy increase. The headline for the 5.6% tax increase is the $7M/14% in permanent salary increases.
At the meeting, the City Council will vote to introduce the budget and officially start the review and adoption process.
The major offsetting contributor is a $3M reduction in the city’s annual guestimate for health care costs. Most of the salary increases have gone to existing employees (including the City Council), with a few ‘strategic’ hires including a former Councilwoman, a former police chief, our existing County elected representative, and Mayor Bhalla’s former campaign manager (who is simultaneously serving as a taxpayer funded aid to the mayor while also currently serving as the treasurer for the 2025 campaigns for Mayor Bhalla and Councilmembers Jabbour and Quintero). These four alone total ~$400K. Remember that every ~$300K in spending is a .5% tax increase.
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