The Budget Workshops Continue

Yesterday, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment (BEA)--the mayor, the Council president, and the city treasurer--met to review the budgets proposed for the Police Department and the Youth Department. In their first pass through the police budget, the BEA agreed to reduce the contingency for retiring officers by half (there are six officers eligible for retirement, but only three are likely to retire) and eliminate one of the two new patrol vehicles requested. 

Reviewing the Youth Department, which youth director Liz Yorck explained she had spent time cutting before presenting it, the BEA heard Yorck's request for a nutrition coordinator to be added to the staff, to oversee snacks offered at the Youth Center and handle the concession stand at Oakdale, and her plans to create sources of revenue at Oakdale: for example, kayak rentals and user fees for nonresidents. She also reported that the department would be able to cut back on the budget for programming because they were getting so much support from Friends of Hudson Youth.

The budget workshops continue today. Here's the schedule for today with the Zoom links:

• 2:30 p.m.  City Clerk, Common Council, Parking Bureau  Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• 3:30 p.m.  Treasurer's Office  Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• 4:00 p.m.  Mayor's Office  Click here to join the Zoom meeting.