The city is now planning to spend more than $38.8 million in 2017 according to its new budget.
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Officials said appropriations for the General Fund increased $634,318 due to the reallocation of personal services as part of a revised payroll allocation formula. The increase is offset by the decrease in personal services within the Enterprise Funds.
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Other changes include the transfer of capital expenses from departmental operating budgets to the Capital Project Funds. The removal of capital expense from the departmental operating budgets should allow for a more comparative operating budget from year to year. Other changes in the final budget were due to unidentified capital projects at this time, officials said.
In comparison, the 2016 beginning budget was approved at more than $39.9 million, which was increased to nearly $41.5 million in the final 2016 budget.
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