Jeff Bergosh Blog: So Where Did Staff Find $3.75 Million?

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

So Where Did Staff Find $3.75 Million?

Unlike this picture below--I can guarantee it was not lying around, sitting under a mattress somewhere.

There is no money "under the mattress" at the BCC

Staff has been put under significant pressure to find additional money for employee pay raises; to their credit, they have proposed several ways to fund us with additional recurring revenue to help with our current budget crunch. These sources are listed below.....