By KGNS-TV
The City of Laredo is cutting costs to help with the loss in revenues as a result of the pandemic.
During Monday's City Council meeting, city management presented their latest finance and operation report.
Just in costs for emergency responses, which include personnel, overtime, materials and contracts, Iit is beyond budget for a total of nearly $3 million.
As of Monday, they are looking at a potential of an $18.3 million loss in revenue, and this is only if things get better over the next two months.
If things get worse through September, they are anticipating a loss in the area of $26.4 million.
Laredo City Manager Robert Eads says they're tracking things on a daily and weekly basis.
"We just got to tell you, this is the way it looks, we're not going to paint any pretty pictures for you, we're just going to tell you how it is and how we're going to plan for it. If things come out to be less, great but we'll have to plan it the other way. We're planning with this knowing that we have a situation that we need to be addressing as we go."
At the meeting, management outlines some of their cost measures, which include no travel and no hiring, unless it's for public safety or health.
That savings alone will help with the over $18 million shortfall.
Eads did say more cuts will be made, if necessary.
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8 comments:
Some commenter in an earlier post noted that Mayor Mendez's pizza joint remains open? Why? Sales tax revenue for the City of Brownsville? Commissioner Tetreau's car wash is also open. Any other City Hallers have businesses still open?
How about some protesting at these rebellious citizens, like the nurses who protested outside the White House?
Fair is fair. City Commissioners and Mendez are not special people!
Never forget that the man spouting a stream of absurd bullshit is the President of the United Fucking States.
Only compadre businesses are allowed to be open during this time in brownsville. its always been that way o NO?
THAT GED IDIOTA DID NOT GET THE MESSAGE OPEN THE PARKS DO IT NOW...
We now know where to not go no pizzas not car washing no funiture and no coffee at certain places...
City manager n Bernal doing the same thing here as in laredo keep up with corona? yea right dont think so, lady asst city manager running the show-la girlfriend.
With so many people at home Brownsville PD should scale back their operations and overtime their call volume is less than 50% than it was before. Manage that budget chief!!Remember it's our tax money hopefully it was done a month ago.
Wanna make money start giving tickets I see 100's of car every day drivers and passagers with out masks.
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