Q: What is the proposed FY 21 budget for general fund “operating revenues”? Background: Have you ever wondered how much “operating revenue” the general fund takes in? This would seem like an easy question, but it isn’t. The reason it is … Continued
NOTE: We promised an update to our initial letter regarding the Council’s unanimous response to approve the raise and the bonus. Below is a letter written to the Democracy Tent group that will be discussed in their Zoom meeting … Continued
Dear Honorable Mayor and Council Members, 5-3-20 The undersigned respectfully request that agenda item # 8 be removed from the May 5, 2020 consent calendar. We believe the Town and its residents will benefit greatly from a wholistic and transparent … Continued
On Oct 12, 2018, at 7:46 PM, Phil Koen Dear Town Council Members, I am writing to you on behalf of a number of concerned residents of the Town. In reviewing Items 4, 5 and 6 on the October 16 … Continued
To Members of the General Plan Advisory Committee The issue we have is the same we’ve had for 3 years: a lack of transparency and forthrightness has again been authorized by Staff. Misstated information produces mistaken assumptions, wasting the time … Continued
The mid-year budget report does not provide an explanation as to why the current year’s total department expenditures are projected to increase 16.7% over the prior year level. That is an increase of $5,340,288.
Measure G has been proposed by politicians Rob Rennie, Marcia Jensen and Steve Leonardis hinting that the future is bleak – yet not telling you that the town’s own budget for at least the next 5 years has … Continued
October 24, 2018 Dear Mayor Rennie, Thank you for your reply to my email. I was surprised to learn you have been aware for years of the purposeful overstatement of salary and benefits expenditures by millions of dollars in the … Continued
The Council continues to believe Town Manager, Laurel Prevetti, who now states that rather than an increase of 1.2%, it’s nearly 5.8X that, or 6.95%! So the real increase is 580% above what they have told the public in … Continued
We keep talking about “budget to budget” comparisons, so what are they? Budgets consist of arbitrary numbers. Comparing arbitrary numbers to arbitrary numbers will give you arbitrary results. The Town Staff and Council have missed the salaries and wages … Continued