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VOLUME 6, NO. 113
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BUDGET BREAKDOWN BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
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THURSDAY, SEPT 3, 2020
The first public hearing on the proposed FY 2020-21 budget and Capital Improvement Plan will be on Sept. 14. Here’s an overview of where the city plans to spend its funds.
Commissioners are deciding which projects receive top priority during the Sept. 14 public hearing on the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. This year’s proposed total budget has overall citywide revenues and expenditures
at $94,709,093, which is comprised of all the funds including the General Fund, Water/Sewer, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Transportation Surtax, etc. This is $8,570,706 more than the 2019-20 adopted budget. The General Fund for
the upcoming fiscal year is $2,000,728 higher than last year’s. The FY 2020-21 budget, after you count revenues and expenditures, has an ending fund balance of $15,363,299.
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KIDS GO After a week of online learning, Plant City-area kids got back into the classrooms on Monday to start the 2020-21 school year in person. Parents snapped plenty of photos and shared with the Plant City Observer on Facebook. SEE PAGE 8 Heather Wise (Facebook)