City of Virginia Beach 2015-16 Proposed Budget & CIP
On March 24, City Manager James K. Spore proposed a $1.87 billion operating budget for fiscal 2015-16. After reviewing the proposed operating budget and the six-year capital improvement program, please provide your suggestions to the following questions:
What suggestions do you have for the operating budget?
Remove lightrail and arena
Which revenues would you adjust – up or down?
If your going to raise city taxes 6 cents, give us back the two that you take for trash
If you adjust revenues, which expenses would you change to balance it – up or down?
no lightrail and take the 6 percent for teachers and cops and give us 2 percent back for garbage, so a 4% increase overall
What suggestions do you have for the 6-year capital plan?
improve roads instead of mass transit, were too spread out for lightrail. This is not newyork or DC. Put the money for both lightrail and an arena into improving education and updating schools like first colonial and bayside
What projects would you add?
none, no lightrail,no arena
Which projects would you remove?
lightrail and arena
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What suggestions do you have for the operating budget?
Remove lightrail and arenaWhich revenues would you adjust – up or down?
If your going to raise city taxes 6 cents, give us back the two that you take for trashIf you adjust revenues, which expenses would you change to balance it – up or down?
no lightrail and take the 6 percent for teachers and cops and give us 2 percent back for garbage, so a 4% increase overallWhat suggestions do you have for the 6-year capital plan?
improve roads instead of mass transit, were too spread out for lightrail. This is not newyork or DC. Put the money for both lightrail and an arena into improving education and updating schools like first colonial and baysideWhat projects would you add?
none, no lightrail,no arenaWhich projects would you remove?
lightrail and arena