The Virginian-Pilot
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NORFOLK
City Manager Regina V.K. Williams will submit her proposed $1.1 billion budget to the City Council for the upcoming fiscal year at 7 p.m. April 20 at City Hall.
The budget public hearing, the only time residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the city's spending plan, is set for 6 p.m. May 5 at Granby High School. Usually, the city is required to hold a hearing on the tax rate, but that is not necessary because real estate tax assessments are slated to fall.
The budget hearing is the day after the council elections, in which six of eight council seats will be filled.
Williams has said the city faces a $35 million deficit even without salary increases or new programs. She has ordered most city departments to submit budget proposals with 5 percent reductions.
City employees could face furloughs and layoffs and likely will not receive pay raises, Williams has said.
Council budget work sessions will occur on May 11 and May 13. The council will hold its final budget work session, and vote on the budget, on May 18. The new fiscal year begins July 1.
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Take the Bad with the Good
I'm also a city employee and have given my service to Norfolk for over 30 years. We have went with out pay increases many times. If going another year without one to save our jobs and allow us to serve the citizens so be it! I don't place blame on any one person or project. Norfolk has improved greatly over these years. It's bad times for everyone across the nation. Let's pull together as workers and citizens and show everyone what makes Norfolk such a great place work and live in!
That equals
My calculator says that is over $4400 for every resident of Norfolk. That would be a family of 3 (about average ?) paying $13200 in taxes to the city.
I know businesses contribute and the state and feds contribute, but where do they get their money?
I hope I pushed the wrong buttons. I can't afford that!
wow
With math like that, you could be a timeshare salesman!
The day after elections
How convenient.
They should release it April
They should release it April 1 as that would be a much more appropriate time.
My chouice
As a city employee, I would forgo the pay raise to keep my job. Yet I do believe that the shortfall is fully the result of a poor city council. They continously made poor decissions on our tax money. They refused to release 240 properties which in tax revenue would outweigh the deficit. They made building deals with developers that would benefit the city in ten years when we were in a recession now. They allowed tax breaks and sold property to developers at a loss. I think each city counsil member should appear in their ward in public with a big sign appologising for failing the people that they were suppose to represent. Our city has gone down hill for the past four years. It is time to find new blood with a stern stance on improving our city instead of lining their own pockets with side deals. Why will these deals benefit the City of Norfolk in ten years? Because for the next nine years the developers will be lining the city council members pockets.