by Lane Dilg, City Manager

COVID-19. In light of these difficult realities, on April 14th, the City Council directed staff to develop a plan to restructure the City government and to balance the City budget, which is currently projected to face deficits of $72 million in the General Fund for the current fiscal year (ending June 30th) and $154 million in the next.  

We will publish a staff report with staff’s proposal for restructuring by May 1st on the City Council website at smgov.net/council. If you would like to share your views with staff during this process, please email info@smgov.net.  On May 5th, the City Council will hold a City Council meeting to review and act on the proposal.  Information about that City Council meeting, which will be held by teleconference, is available at smgov.net/council.  If you would like to share your views with the City Council before the meeting, please email council.mailbox@smgov.net.

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