Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Brookfield's Tale of Two Budgets
Finance Committee asks for two budgets
The city of Brookfield's Finance Committee yesterday directed the mayor
to consider preparing two budgets this fall, one following a list of
recommendations from the Finance Department and another that calls for
a smaller increase in departments' operating budgets.
The
first budget, which would keep city services at the same level as this
year, calls for a $35 million tax levy in 2009 - an increase of $1.9
million over 2008 - and recommends that operating budgets for each
department be increased by 3.8 percent.
The idea for the second
budget came from Fourth District Alderman and Common Council President
Mark Nelson, who suggested the committee ask the department heads to
present a budget with a 2.8 percent increase in operating expenses.
Fifth
District Alderman Scott Berg, chair of the Finance Committee, suggested
Finance Director Robert Scott report to the committee at an upcoming
meeting to discuss the feasibility of preparing a second budget.
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