Don't let the city lead you to believe they need to cover $2.5 million in lost tax revenues.

The city made up the $2.5 million number by adding to the actual $647,000 shortfall an expired dedicated park millage, savings in a new trash collection contract, and a savings in the milk drain dedicated millage. 

The actual shortfall to the general fund is $637,000 which can be covered by cuts to nonessential service expense cuts.  

Do you want to give the city ten years to write blank checks when they can't tell you the truth about how much they are overdrawn? NO BLANK CHECK!