City Employee Pension Costs are a Silent Budget Killer
The City Commission has avoided raising property taxes this year and instead has relied on an increase in the gas tax and…
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Proposed City Spending Outpaces Consumer Spending
The fiscal year 2014 budget process is officially under way. During last weeks City Commission meeting, Raoul Lavin, the City’s budget guru,…
City Staff Projects $5 Million Deficit for General Fund in 2014
At the City Commission meeting this week, city staff will provide commissioners with their first budget update for the 2014 cycle. The…
COT Has Been Spending Reserves Each Year Since 2006
To understand where you are, sometimes it is useful to look at where you have been. With the recent approval of a…
City Government Burden on Tallahassee Economy Growing
Tallahassee Reports has completed an analysis that indicates that the COT government spending has increased as a percentage of the Tallahassee’s Gross Domestic Product from 2005-2008. Gross Domestic…
Questions About Assistant City Manager Answers
On Tuesday, September 8th, Assistant City Manager Raul Lavin addressed several issues on The Morning Show with Preston Scott. Research by Tallahassee Reports…
COT Reserve Funds Exceeds $172 Million
With the Tallahassee City Commission taking a serious look at raising taxes and cutting services, Tallahassee Reports – and a number of other interested…
City Spending Increases Isolated to Three Areas
In our last report, Tallahassee Reports analyzed the expenditure trend of the City of Tallahassee’s $133,000,000 general fund over the period of 2005…
The Budget Shortfall – Revenue Options
The recent revelation that the City of Tallahassee has a budget shortfall of approximately $7 million for the upcoming fiscal year has…