In the next 11 weeks, Mayor Alvin Brown has to figure out how to fill a $58 million budget gap, according to a tentative budget his office filed with the City Council Tuesday afternoon.
It will not come from tax or fee increases or from dipping into reserve funds, Chief Financial Officer Ronnie Belton said.
Other than that, Belton said, everything is on the table. "We're starting at A and going all the way to Z," he said.
The preliminary plan calls for $971 million in expenditures, up $13 million from this year. The reason for the changes, the city said, include increasing costs for pensions, health insurance and worker's compensation.
Pension costs alone, Belton said, are expected to jump $23 million.
Breakdown: Review the table below the story for a department-by-department breakdown of the proposed budget
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