City Council Passes Budgets

Oct 6th, 2011

On Tuesday, October 4, the Mobile City Council passed the Fiscal Year 2012 Budgets for the City of Mobile. The general fund budget can be found HERE. The Capital, Strategic Plan, Convention Center, Cruise Terminal, AL Muni Trust and 5 Year Plan Budgets can be found HERE.

The budget reflects deep cuts to city spending. Expenditures have been reduced by more than $1.1 million compared to the 2011 budget. Though challenging, the City of Mobile’s quest for the 2011-2012 fiscal year includes:

• Providing an adequate level of services to citizens;
• Maintaining all employees and benefits;
• Continuing accountability measures to assist the city in weathering the
economic slump;
• The continuation of adequate public safety and public services to citizens;
• The hiring of additional police officers and firefighters to staff the Theodore Fire Station – done in compliance with federal grants;
• The replacement of aging vehicles deadline by the city’s Garage,
thereby reducing the strain on a severely depleted staff of mechanics;
• The continuation of measures to create an economic development environment that creates sustainable jobs.

The only amendment that was made to the proposed budgets was to move monies from a line item in the Public Works budget into one in the contracts line item for Ladd-Peebles Stadium.