CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande’s Finance Department has unveiled a proposed budget for the next fiscal year that seems to be comparable to this year’s.
A memorandum from the department stated that revenue projections remain conservative despite seeing steady improvements in revenue sources for the city. Therefore, the proposed budget has been deemed as being “status quo” compared to previous years.
Total expenditures are valued at $101,653,700 for the year beginning July 1, but this amount does yet include carry-over projects from previous years. Once those funds are factored in, the Finance Department expects the final budget to be comparable to this year’s total of $175,261,200.
The expansion of city-sponsored programs and services is so far “minimal” and not factored into the proposed budget, the memo added. Personnel costs, the biggest component for the operational budget, are projected to see a 3 percent increase.
