City Council members unanimously approved the 2007-2008 mid-biennial budget adjustment Dec. 18. The amended budget preserves and enhances services, and will add 21.25 full-time employees to the City workforce.
The ordinance appropriates funds for additional contractual obligations, transfers and other budget adjustments — and appropriation of miscellaneous donations, contributions and/or fees. Highlights of the adjustment include: expansion of the Community Based Services program; funding support for expanding the Nuisance Abatement Program citywide; and $2.25 million of one-time monies allocated for Murray Morgan Bridge remediation. The money budgeted for the Murray Morgan Bridge remediation is for critical emergency response services along the 11th Street corridor.
Details of the mid-biennial budget adjustment 2007-2008 Biennium Budget are available on the City’s Online Newsroom at http://www.cityoftacoma.org/tacomanews .