The city of Sweet Home’s proposed general fund for 2010-11 will include an increase of 1.15 full-time equivalent positions to handle the workload at the Municipal Court and round out the parks maintenance position.
The court position was cut in 2004 when the Budget Committee was looking for money to fill a shortfall in the Police Department budget that arose when the city had significant decreases in property values, primarily utility infrastructure.
Finance Director Pat…