Tag: budget
Annapolis Asks For Money
UPDATE 11:26pm, 12/14/2010: We just received an email from Alderman Paone (R- Ward 2) who advised that he had not seen the letter until it was sent to him by Eye On Annapolis. If you have a little change to spare this holiday season, the City of Annapolis is interested in it. We obtained a [...]
Annapolis Running Out Of Cash Fast
If you are on Facebook and want to shar this with your friends, simply click the “recommend” link above. Disclaimer: We were unable to attend tonight’s City Council meeting. We were provided with the attached (PDF) cash projections prior to the meeting. Naturally, we had some questions and observations. We had a call with Phill [...]
Public Testimony On Additional Loan
There will be an opportunity for the public to testify on the recent Charter Amendment introduced by the Mayor to increase the line of credit for the City to $20 million. The bad news is that they scheduled it for 4:30pm this Thursday. If you are unable to attend the meeting, comments and testimony can [...]
Annapolis Predicts $4M Deficit By End Of 1st Quarter
Annapolis is already projecting a $4 million deficit by the end of the first quarter! What is wrong with City Hall? It only gets worse. Fifteen days into a new budget–one owned by Mayor Cohen, and the Finance Director (remember the one who was in charge when someone stole $150,000 from the City’s vault) says [...]
Annapolis Approves Budget
Tonight, the Annapolis City Council passed the Mayor’s proposed budget of $75.1 million dollars. A press release from City Hall: The City Council voted last night to approve Mayor Joshua J. Cohen’s $75.1 million budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. This spending plan is 13 percent smaller than the current-year $86.5 million [...]
Annapolis Budget Released
Budget Summary New Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen made a promise to be more transparent with City Government. He has kept true to his word. He maintains a blog and regularly updates on Twitter. Last night a summary of the budget was available at the Council Meeting. While there were close to 200 people in attendance, [...]
Six Jobs=$22,000
Fuzzy Math The Capital (scroll down, last story) is reporting that the six jobs eliminated by Mayor Cohen have saved the City $22,000. Hardly the drastic change anyone was expecting.
