By HEATHER C. COX
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
If approved at next Tuesday’s meeting of the San Benito City Commission, the 2012-2013 budget could include a $28,000 hike in expenditures for the code enforcement department.
The approved 2011-2012 budget did not allow for overtime hours, whereas this year’s budget proactively insinuates the need of a $5,000 allotment for overtime. Additionally, a proposed budget of $11,500 in professional services is up from last year’s approved $5,230. Demolition expenses are projected to double from last year’s $10,000 to $20,000 in 2012-2013.
Last year’s overall budget for the code enforcement department was $312,763; this year’s proposed figures total $340,765.
The need for such an increase, according to City Manager Manuel Lara, is multi-faceted. The numbers can be broken down a little further, as to where the extra monies will primarily be allocated, though it should be noted that itemized issues reported upon are only part of the total budget proposed for this department.
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2 comments
I want to no why don’t you take care of your city employees the kids a McDonald’s get paid more than them and whether people see it or not they work hard day and night but they never get credit cause they are at the bottom of list like always.The minimum wage at San Benito for a labor is 7.78 you tell me how do you expect for anyone to provide for a family with that kind of income and they work them like dogs I just hope the city gets there things straight cause they are headed towards disaster they need to hire smart educated people that don’t steal.
Increaseing taxes for fixing city drainage and raiseing the buget for code enforement is seveing your comminties citizens. I wonder if we can still go back to the chinese and start a solar panel factory in SB industrial park donate sloar panels to all your citizens maybe installed through grants or other funding programs. Be the first city in the state to have a total solar powered community.