CITY FACING $1.37 MILLION DEFICIT GLENDALE EXPENSES MAY PAST REVENUES IN FISCAL YEAR 2001.Byline: Jennifer Jennifer became a common first name for females in English-speaking countries during the 20th century. The name Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere, deriving ultimately from Proto-Celtic *windo-seibaro- "white ghost", via Brythonic *wino-hibirā (cf. Hamm Hamm, village, Luxembourg Hamm, village, S Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, near Luxembourg city. Gen. George S. Patton is buried in the large U.S. military cemetery there. Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - Facing a projected $1.37 million deficit in the fiscal year that begins in July 2001, Glendale City Council members said Wednesday that they will soon decide how to address community needs and keep the budget balanced. ``In the short term, we don't have a problem,'' City Councilman Rafi Manoukian Rafi Manoukian is a former member of the city council in Glendale, California. He was recently notified that he has been selected by the Board of Directors and the Selection Committee of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of the 2006 Ellis Island said. ``It's in the long term that we have a problem.'' The 2000-2001 fiscal year general fund is $97 million, with $96 million in expenses projected. By the following fiscal year, however, expenses are expected to surpass revenues. Blaming a continued loss of property tax money to the state, frozen utility funds and increasing expenses due to growth, City Manager Jim Starbird on Tuesday projected a $1.37 million deficit for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, and told the council they will need to find new revenue sources or make cuts to offset it. The council was presented with a list of what city budget planners called ``urgent needs'' in city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. for this year. Councilman Gus Gomez said some of those needs, such as more police officers, cannot be ignored this year. ``There are things that I think are very, very important,'' said Gomez. ``We are going to have to bite the bullet and finance them.'' But Councilwoman Ginger ginger, common name for members of the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical perennial herbs, chiefly of Indomalaysia. The aromatic oils of many are used in making condiments, perfumes, and medicines, especially stimulants and preparations to ease Bremberg said the city will be ``damned if they do and damned if they don't.'' The city will be criticized if it ignores community needs this year to save money for next year. On the other hand, residents will be unhappy next year if the council has to make cuts in order to pass a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. . The city's charter requires that the budget be balanced. ``Yeah, I'm worried but I'm also more worried that we don't have the courage to make some drastic cuts to ensure that we stay on the top of the line,'' Bremberg said. ``Everybody wants more this. Everybody wants more that. We're either going to have to raise lots of things in order to cover it or stop spending money.'' The council will continue to discuss the budget until the end of next month, when they will vote on it. After that, city officials plan to begin considering ways to reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of city funding to bring more money into the general fund. The city will also begin brainstorming for ways to raise revenue. ``By making some policy changes . . . we can meet the goals of the charter,'' said Manoukian. ``I am concerned, but I don't think it's something that's insurmountable.'' |
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