News from Patrick Flynn

We had another budget work session on Friday, October 16, to discuss the Fire, Finance, OMB, Mayor’s, Parks & Recreation and Library departments.  Some of the points discussed included closure of the South Fork fire station (if I understand correctly this is a relatively remote station staffed by auxiliary – part time – firefighters), my point that an underfunded Community Service Patrol contract results in more costly responses from AFD & APD, the “blending” of managerial aspects of the two Parks & Recreation service areas and reductions in library hours (especially at branches).  So while I’ve heard concerns from a variety of folks about cuts in municipal services I feel the first step is to gain some clarity about the structure of the budget.

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