After attending the regular BOCC meeting and the 1 p.m. budget work session on Oct. 25, I have some questions. In the years between 2012 and 2015, we had a balanced budget. At this time there were no tax increases, the park fees had been removed, the existing loans had been paid off and we had a surplus of $23 million.
Now, under the new Charter system from January to July 2016, the $23 million is gone and we are told that we need to raise the budget to $321 million, raise taxes, re-establish park fees and take out loans to cover operating expenses.
My questions are: What happened to the $23 million surplus? Why do we need a $26 million hike in the budget? Why do we need to put fees back on the parks (which were operating nicely without fees)? Why do we need a loan? What happened to the $23 million surplus?
David Alt
VancouverOpinion
What happened?
After attending the Clark County Council (BOCC) meetings for the last two years and listening to discussions about the proposed budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and also where we were financially in the past year, I need to ask one question: “What happened?’’ After attending the regular BOCC meeting and the 1 p.m. budget …
By Clark County Today · November 3, 2016
After attending the Clark County Council (BOCC) meetings for the last two years and listening to discussions about the proposed budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and also where we were financially in the past year, I need to ask one question: “What happened?’’
After attending the regular BOCC meeting and the 1 p.m. budget work session on Oct. 25, I have some questions. In the years between 2012 and 2015, we had a balanced budget. At this time there were no tax increases, the park fees had been removed, the existing loans had been paid off and we had a surplus of $23 million.
Now, under the new Charter system from January to July 2016, the $23 million is gone and we are told that we need to raise the budget to $321 million, raise taxes, re-establish park fees and take out loans to cover operating expenses.
My questions are: What happened to the $23 million surplus? Why do we need a $26 million hike in the budget? Why do we need to put fees back on the parks (which were operating nicely without fees)? Why do we need a loan? What happened to the $23 million surplus?
David Alt
Vancouver
After attending the regular BOCC meeting and the 1 p.m. budget work session on Oct. 25, I have some questions. In the years between 2012 and 2015, we had a balanced budget. At this time there were no tax increases, the park fees had been removed, the existing loans had been paid off and we had a surplus of $23 million.
Now, under the new Charter system from January to July 2016, the $23 million is gone and we are told that we need to raise the budget to $321 million, raise taxes, re-establish park fees and take out loans to cover operating expenses.
My questions are: What happened to the $23 million surplus? Why do we need a $26 million hike in the budget? Why do we need to put fees back on the parks (which were operating nicely without fees)? Why do we need a loan? What happened to the $23 million surplus?
David Alt
Vancouver