Senate Majority Leader Steinberg, your proposal to shift $3-4 billion a year in ongoing programs AND costs to counties as a way to solve the state budget deficit is a whole new way to play the shell game. Do you think we’re stupid? Do you think the public is? [Read about it here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/06/senate-democrats-outline-plan.html] Puhleez! So [...]
In Part I we told you that after months of preparation the Board will consider adopting a draft FY 2010/11 budget this Tuesday. Part II is about the nuts and bolts of the County living within its means. There may be more to come after we know what the state does. We’re not a large county. Our [...]
After months of preparation, planning, and penny pinching (nice alliteration, eh?), the Board considers adopting a draft FY 2010/11 budget this Tuesday. What we will act on in a matter of hours has taken staff months to put together. But even as adopted it’s a long way from a done deal. It’s a work in progress. It [...]
By Teri | November 18, 2009
Tuolumne County’s first budget furlough starts next Monday. County offices open again on Monday, November 30th. The second furlough period begins on Christmas Eve and extends until January 2nd. Some critical county departments will remain open (see below). Inconvenient? Yes! Necessary? For sure! As I am sure you remember, this doesn’t mean a paid vacation [...]