Budget meeting tonight.  It’s going to be a long one – at least 4 hours.  Mainly Public Safety but Airport budget as well.  We’ll select a tax rate to advertise at the end of the evening.  The rate that we advertise does not necessarily have to be the rate we end up with but it is the highest the Council can set the rate.  Look for it to be right close to the rate in the 5-year forcast.

UPDATE: No showstoppers coming out of the meeting last night.  The Fire and Rescue system is looking for about $300k for SCBA.  That was unanticipated but it’s not a crisis as we have some money in that fund.  Only other item was that the Rescue Squad might come up short on their operating budget this year.  Doesn’t look to be much but the possibility does exist.