Why wont future City of Evans revenue growth adequately fund fire and emergency services?
As shown below the City of Evans long-range revenue projections predict only very small revenue growth into the foreseeable future. Absent of major new growth in commercial and industrial building and rapid residential development it is unlikely that increases in sales and property tax revenue under current tax rates will fund improvements in any city service area, the replacement of any major capital equipment such as fire apparatus and public works equipment or major repairs to City streets and facilities. The long-range plan also does not include any increases in personnel costs with all employee wages frozen at 2009 levels with no merit pay increases. The illustration below shows the projected long-term structural gap between revenue projections and the needs of capital replacement, major facility and street maintenance, asset management plan funding and restoring merit pay in the City pay system. This gap is approximately $1.5 million per year. This clearly shows that the current
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