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Mayor Eric Johnson is challenging the rest of the Dallas City Council to propose their own budget cuts so that the proposed property tax rate could be lowered further. In a memo on Friday, the mayor proposed eliminating $339,000 budgeted for the city’s state lobbying team, arguing that the team is “not delivering results commensurate…
Officials at Dallas City Hall spent another week navigating the budget process as key deadlines get closer. We’re not going to get into all that today, though. If you’re itching for budget highlights, it looks like Skillman Library might get a new lease on life — albeit operating only three days a week. And a…
Well, there’s a whole lot to run down this Labor Day weekend. Dallas City Hall’s budget business is chugging along, and the operational framework of local government for the next two years is taking shape. Hopefully the weather hasn’t been putting too much of a damper on anyone’s plans this holiday weekend, but if so,…
Mayor Eric Johnson dropped committee assignments on Friday and laid out what he’d like to see council members achieve in the next two years. While we’ll be surveying his appointments in tomorrow’s City Hall round-up, a certain policy priority warrants more attention. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Johnson proposed renaming the Government Performance & Financial…
Lots of things are cooking at Dallas City Hall, not least of which is the coming fiscal year’s budget. Sick of hearing about it yet? Well, there’s only another five weeks or so to go. Speaking of the budget, a touchstone of the city manager’s fiscal plan is efficiency in the delivery of services. We’ll…
