Sean C. Morgan
The city of Sweet Home’s proposed 2012-13 budget is 14 percent smaller than the 2011-12 fiscal year. Proposed expenditures are 15 percent lower.
The total budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which begins on July 1, is $22 million, down from $25.7 million. Excluding transfers, contingencies and unappropriated fund balances – leaving only expenditures – the budget decreases from $20.2 million to $17 million.
“During these past few years, the city has…