Sean C. Morgan
City Manager Craig Martin has proposed transferring $500,000 to the police department in the 2015-16 Sweet Home city budget to cover a shortfall that has loomed for several years, while overall, the city’s short-term financial outlook has improved.
Martin presented the budget proposal to the city’s Budget Committee on April 23.
The total budget is $20.3 million, approximately $992,000, which is a 5 percent increase over the 2014-15 adopted budget of $19.3…