During last week’s Hutchinson City Council budget workshop regarding the potential impacts if the proposed 0.75% sales tax increase is voted down March 3, Hutchinson Fire Department Chief Steven Beer asked, “What level of service do you want?” While it will ultimately be up to council members decide how to balance the budget if voters reject the sales tax increase of which Hutchinson City Manager Enrico Villegas said, “It just makes our expense and revenue lines match,” at last week’s Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce State of the City breakfast, below are potential cuts city department heads offered up to the council as impacts to their departments if the worst case scenario happens.
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