With its public budget hearing set for Tuesday, city of Clintonville officials this week were still looking for ways to trim more than $180,000.
Interim City Administrator Chuck Kell told the Common Council’s finance committee earlier this week that, despite several budget cuts, the city still faces a deficit of $180,189 in the proposed 2015 budget.
Kell offered three ways the city could close the gap, including requiring employees to pay a larger portion of their health insurance costs.
Kell said another option was to impose an across-the-board budget cut to all departments. A 5 percent cut to all major departments, which would include the fire department, public works, park and recreation, general government and police department, would cut about $174,000, he said.
That move could involve cutting a staff person in the office and a police officer.
A third option, Kell said, was the closing of some city facilities.
Alderman Bill Zeinert suggested using money from the undesignated fund to balance the budget for the first part of the year, giving residents and department heads more time to come up with plans on where to make the cuts.
The current proposed budget includes a tax rate of $8.62 per $1,000 of equalized value, which is a 4-cent increase over last year.
The budget hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Clintonville Community Center, 30 S. Main St.
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