This afternoon the Council held its first budget discussion, mostly focused on the revenue side of the ledger.
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Little good news in the city’s revenue forecast update today
This afternoon, the City Budget Office delivered a mid-stream budget update to its revenue forecasts for 2018-2020. Little has changed in the last two months, and that’s bad news for the City Council as it deliberates on the budget for the next two years.
Continue readingUnderstanding the Mayor’s Proposed Budget: Revenues
We tend to focus all our attention on the spending side of the city budget, but the revenue side is equally important: you need to know how much money you have to spend before you can effectively plan to spend it. Let’s take a look at the city’s revenue sources, and the bottom line.
Continue readingUnderstanding the Seattle City Budget, Part 2: Revenues
Most of what you need to know about the city’s revenues can be learned from one chart.
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