A memo from City Manager Dennis Ragsdale explaining the 2017 budget philosophy states the “city is now free to deploy these resources (TAPS Settlements funds) to productive use, and so the 2017 Budget contains funding of an ambitious two-year Capital Project and Major Maintenance Initiative. The funds will be appropriated directly from the General Fund balance, rather than from 2017 revenues. The memo states this Capital Project and Maintenance plan will be further developed into a five-year schedule early in 2017 and will be incorporated into the 2017 budget via puget revision, and updated annually thereafter.
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