Councilman Scott Griggs says ......

“I want to hear from you at the District 3 Town Hall Meetings.”

Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm is preparing the proposed budget for the City of Dallas for the next fiscal year, October 2011 – September 2012. This budget will determine how our tax dollars are spent on police, fire, code enforcement, streets, parks, recreation centers, libraries, as well as the arts and other important city services. 

Please save the following date for your neighborhood:

Thursday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m.

Park in the Woods Recreation Center

6801 Mountain Creek Parkway at Wheatland Road

Tel 214.671.0218

Here is a quick look at the 2011-2012 budget:

• No tax rate increase
• No sanitation rate increase

• Water rate increase of 5.9%

• Add 200 police officers
• Add 200 firefighters

• Street maintenance will remain the same as this year (2010 – 2011)

• Maintain 14 community prosecutors

• Nearly all pools and recreation centers will be open
• There will be some library staff cuts, but materials will increase

• Reduce cultural arts service programming funding by 10%

• Increase AT&T Performing Arts Center funding to $1.5M

• Historic and conservation districts will only be partially funded by general fund

• Add 17 employees in building inspection and planning

• More than $500K for modernizing building inspection and planning

Please pass along this information to your friends and neighbors. We need to get the word out! I hope to see you at the Town Hall meetings.   By Scott Griggs