Baptiste Proposes Kauai's First 100 Million Dollar Budget
Baptiste Proposes Kauai's First 100 Million Dollar Budget
(Lihue) -- Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste has proposed a $103.2 million dollars operating budget for the next fiscal year.
This is a six percent increase over this year's $97.4 million dollar budget. If approved by the County Council, it would be the first time the county's budget has exceeded $100 million dollars.
Baptiste also proposes a $16.6 million dollar capital improvement budget, down from about $19 million dollars last year. The mayor said that more than half of the operating budget increase consists of uncontrollable costs such as salaries and benefits.
In the years after Hurricane Iniki in 1992, the county deferred many expenses such as equipment and vehicle replacement and building maintenance. Baptiste says the county is having to catch up now, but will try to spread out the costs as much as possible. "
(Lihue) -- Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste has proposed a $103.2 million dollars operating budget for the next fiscal year.
This is a six percent increase over this year's $97.4 million dollar budget. If approved by the County Council, it would be the first time the county's budget has exceeded $100 million dollars.
Baptiste also proposes a $16.6 million dollar capital improvement budget, down from about $19 million dollars last year. The mayor said that more than half of the operating budget increase consists of uncontrollable costs such as salaries and benefits.
In the years after Hurricane Iniki in 1992, the county deferred many expenses such as equipment and vehicle replacement and building maintenance. Baptiste says the county is having to catch up now, but will try to spread out the costs as much as possible. "
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