Maybe someone can sell me on the reasoning for keeping the city’s mounted patrol, because I just don’t see it.
City budget
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City budget cuts Mounted Patrol, 311 hours
But more would be invested in youth and recreation and the library system.
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[UPDATED] Week Ahead: RCSD and city budget hearings, Cuomo cancels, RPO lawsuit proceeds
The Rochester school district will hold a public hearing on Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s proposed $728 million spending plan for the 2013 to 2014 school year. The budget has been criticized by parents because it includes closing School 30. Parents are also concerned about implementation of the new core curriculum and its impact on rigorous programs […]
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Give and take
When government tightens the Rochester Public Library’s belt, full-time staff tends not to get cut, unlike books and hours. But in the 2004-05 budget, four full-time children’s librarians will become part-timers. What makes this year especially difficult for library administrators is that the RPL now falls below or barely meets certain state requirements. And […]
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The tough road ahead
As expected, last Thursday City Council turned down the Rochester school district’s pleas to give it the funding it wants. The vote came on a technical point: Mayor Bill Johnson’s budget gives the district $7 million less than the city charter stipulates, and Thursday’s vote was on amending the charter. The vote on the […]
