9-12-13 fdl city budget unveiled

The Fond du Lac city council got its first look at the proposed budget at Wednesday night’s meeting.  City manager Joe Moore unveiled the $30.1 million budget…up from $29.9 million in 2013.  "The city of Fond du Lac's finances are in good shape,"  Moore told WFDL news.  "Our bond rating has been maintained,  the budget is a balanced budget and it even uses less fund balance to support the budget than in years past."  Moore says the proposed property tax levy is  up three percent to $21.5 million.   Moore says since 2013, tax levy funds available for general fund operations have fallen 10-percent primary because of increasing debt service requirements.  Moore says there are no cuts in programs or staff.   In fact there some areas of increased expenditures including for a citywide property revaluation and new five new Police Community Service Officers.  Moore says the budget includes $200,000 for general street maintenance and he would actually like that to be more.  A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for September 25^th,  budget workshop October 2^nd and budget adoption on October 23^rd.