The Zanesville city budget is balanced, at least temporarily.
After an earlier budget meeting today City Council voted, with several amendments, to pass the proposed city budget for the year 2010.
"All in all for a temporary budget, it's balanced," said Councilman-at-Large Jeff Tilton. "We have a lot to do to get the permanent budget at the end of March."
After weighing the options over several budget hearings, council made three amendments to the...
Impending cuts to the City of Zanesville's budget is causing the Port Authority to rework their own.
At Wednesday's meeting Executive Director Jerry Nolder shared a letter written to City Council Members about a possible cut in the port's subsidy. A proposal in place would cut the port's funding in half from $100,000 to $50,000.
"Certainly the letter the Port Authority sends to the city would justify doubling the subsidy," said Zanesville's Mayor Howard Zwelling....
The City of Zanesville continues to battle over how the 2010 budget will be balanced.
Seven proposals by Budget and Finance Director Dale Raines would close the $2.6 million deficit by $1.1 million.
Five jobs would be eliminated from the city as well. Four of those would dissolve the Building Maintenance Department.
"Tonight we felt we needed to come and defend our honor," said John Benson, supervisor of the department. "We're proud that...
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