If you dig into the budgets, as revenues grew the expenses that grew were quite interesting.
Streets had modest growth
Police and Fire have seen modest growth. (Police until this year had not seen an increase in allowed officers since basically the 80’s)
Parks and public services have grown more than police and fire.
Non departmental spending has soared. Much of that has been services for homeless and low income folks. We’re talking $30M+
Then there’s the bike lanes. $500,000 to study and indoor farmers market. $1,000,000 a year to UTA for the ‘S Line’.
It’s quite interesting to dig through.
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