BRIAN HAWKINS
One major dilemma is facing Starkville officials as they prepare the municipal government budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year: Do they try to move forward with projects identified in their strategic plan or tow the line in keeping expenses down?
That’s something the full Board of Aldermen will have to weigh when it convenes for a budget work session in the coming weeks.
Members of the city’s Budget Committee — Ward 2 Alderwoman Sandra Sistrunk, Ward 3 Alderman Eric Parker, Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins and Mayor Parker Wiseman — met early Tuesday afternoon to discuss needs identified by city department heads and how they might fit into the city’s revenue picture for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
A decision on a date for the budget work session will be on the agenda for the next meeting of the full Board of Aldermen at 5:30 p.m. this Tuesday at City Hall.
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