Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke will present her 2010 preliminary city budget to the City Council at a workshop 4 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.<\/p>\n
Cooke is expected to submit a budget that will cut city jobs in an effort to make up for a revenue shortfall of more than $3.2 million. The Council is scheduled to discuss the budget proposal until about 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
It is unclear how much the mayor’s preliminary budget proposal would lean toward cuts in services or cuts in staff to make up the anticipated revenue shortfall.<\/p>\n
City Chief Administrative Officer John Hodgson said after a Council workshop last month that a $1 million in cuts generally equals about 13 employees, but that number can vary depending how much the city saves in supply costs if it cuts a specific service or program. About 75 percent of the costs for a city service covers staff and 25 percent goes for supplies.<\/p>\n
Salaries and benefits for city employees comprised about $65 million of the $80.8 million general fund budget for 2009.<\/p>\n
The Council will continue its review of the budget at a second workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at City Hall.<\/p>\n
The Council does not take public testimony during workshops. City officials will conduct a public hearing on the proposed budget in November. The date for that hearing has not been set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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