http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2005/09/25/election-blog/ A weblog ("blog") about Great Falls, Montana! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2005/09/25/election-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Dona Stebbins Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:53:36 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=99#comment-108 Jim, that's a pretty broad topic:) Have you ever reviewed the City budget? It's posted online at the city website. Take a real close look at it and tell me if you can make heads or tails of it. Then look again at individual items in each department under the heading of interfund transfers. Some of these funds are designated as "enterprise funds," which mean that that are designated to make that department self-supporting. When an enterprise fund from the Water Department is set aside for IT in the amount of $1500, and only $900 of it is used for IT services, where does the rest of the money go? It should go back to the point of origin, right? Well, it goes into the General Fund instead, where it is used to fund other services. Just one example of the fiscal slack that needs to be taken up...I could go on, and will, but I'm out of time for this morning. Jim, that’s a pretty broad topic:) Have you ever reviewed the City budget? It’s posted online at the city website. Take a real close look at it and tell me if you can make heads or tails of it.
Then look again at individual items in each department under the heading of interfund transfers. Some of these funds are designated as “enterprise funds,” which mean that that are designated to make that department self-supporting. When an enterprise fund from the Water Department is set aside for IT in the amount of $1500, and only $900 of it is used for IT services, where does the rest of the money go? It should go back to the point of origin, right? Well, it goes into the General Fund instead, where it is used to fund other services.
Just one example of the fiscal slack that needs to be taken up…I could go on, and will, but I’m out of time for this morning.

]]> http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2005/09/25/election-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Jim Rohrich Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:57:30 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=99#comment-107 Dona... I want to know. Tell me how you'd run the city. Dona… I want to know. Tell me how you’d run the city.

]]> http://www.greaterfalls.com/index.php/2005/09/25/election-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Dona Stebbins Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:35:55 +0000 http://www.greaterfalls.com/?p=99#comment-105 I keep checking this site, waiting for inquiring minds wanting to know:) Anybody out there? I keep checking this site, waiting for inquiring minds wanting to know:)
Anybody out there?

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