Morning Notes from Glendale Budget Study Session
Facts mentioned during the morning budget study session in Glendale city council chambers:
The City Treasurer spends $20,000 per year on the Bloomberg Financial Reporting System.
The City Clerk’s office applied for a federal stimulus grant to transfer to a paperless system for the city; one staff member in the City Clerk’s office deals with processing of filming permits for the city
Glendale Water and Power’s Chromium 6 treatment program and facility was budgeted at $3.1 million. A $2.5 million California state grant for this project has since been rescinded, leaving a big budget hole. GWP is coordinating with Public Works on potential resources and revenue from a waste-to-energy facility and hopes to have something in place before 2014.
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