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Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
Tag Archives: budget cuts
No furloughs
City Manager Steve Gantt told city department leaders this morning that there would be no furloughs in next year’s budget. Gantt is supposed to send out an email this afternoon to all city employees telling them the news. At one time, next year’s budget included 48 hours of furloughs. But City Council members were adamant [...]
On the chopping block
In the continuing saga of balancing the city’s 2010-11 budget, City Council members have agreed to a tentative compromise that does not raise taxes or power bills. But it could strip funding from some community organizations. Council members agreed to cut $750,o00 from this fund. They did not decide who to cut. That comes later. [...]
Police horses need money
Earlier this year, I wrote about how Columbia’s police department budget did not include money for police dogs and police horses. Since then, the money for the dogs has been restored. Not so for the horses. Police Chief Tandy Carter‘s solution is to raise money to save the horses’ jobs. He has to do it [...]
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What to do with $1.2 million