City business plan approved, minus health care wording

Health Department Director Rex Archer testifying before the city’s Neighborhoods and Public Safety Committee. City programs for neighborhoods could get up to $500,000 more a year, and controversial health care wording was eliminated. Those ...

City wants your input on annual budget today

City Council members and the City’s budget staff are inviting residents to provide input on council priorities and a new five-year business plan. The input will also help shape the next annual budget, accord to a city invitation. Residents ...

City gets budget update

Kansas City is in too much debt, public safety costs far more than all other city operations combined, and then there is pension debt and more, but it could be much worse. City finance officials reported the situation Tuesday to the mayor and ...

Help the city set its budget

Photo courtesy City of Kansas City website. City residents have a chance to help the city set big-picture budget priorities for the next five years. For the first time, City Council members and the City’s budget staff says they are inviting ...

City hall takes budget discussion to twitter on Feb. 12

This city is trying something new this year to get input from the public on the proposed budget – its first interactive chat. Next Wednesday Feb. 12 from 3 to 4 p.m., Mayor Sly James, City Manager Troy Schulte, City department directors and ...

A city issue: Just how to budget

By Joe Lambe A rift opened Wednesday when the council finance committee discussed a proposed charter change to the budget process. Among the Charter Review Commission’s recommended changes is to give the mayor somewhat more control over the ...

City budget likely to be tight

As the city gears up to prepare its new budget, it has a projected $28 million problem. Estimated income for the 2014-2015 fiscal year is down and estimated expenses way up to make that much of a shortfall, finance officials reported Wednesday ...