{"id":36049,"date":"2019-11-23T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=61629"},"modified":"2019-11-24T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:10:52","slug":"granbys-budget-adds-positions-invests-in-capital-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/granbys-budget-adds-positions-invests-in-capital-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Granby\u2019s budget adds positions, invests in capital projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"a8989eb2-bbe5-4cd1-bee9-b11a15a79fec\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Granby Budget 2020\"><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(e,i,n,s){var t=\"InfogramEmbeds\",d=e.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement(\"script\");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,\"infogram-async\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/a8989eb2-bbe5-4cd1-bee9-b11a15a79fec\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Granby Budget 2020<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Granby has adopted a budget for 2020, which features three new full-time positions and increases spending over 2019 by $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Trustees approved the budget Nov. 12. The town conservatively forecasts revenue of $8.95 million next year and has budgeted expenditures of $9.4 million. The town will use $457,812 from reserves to balance the budget.<\/p>\n<p>Sales tax revenue that accounts for 65.5% of total general<br \/>\nfund operating revenues is anticipated to increase by 16.7% this year and by<br \/>\n7.5% next year.<\/p>\n<p>Staffing increased by four positions in 2018 and by three positions this year. The staff will increase by three more positions next year to bring the town&#8217;s number of full-time employees to 36. The new positions include a town planner, a recreation sport coordinator, and a parks\/streets equipment operator and maintenance person.<\/p>\n<p>Full-time and part-time employee salaries and benefits budgeted for 2020 total $3.6 million or 36% of the expenditure budget.<\/p>\n<p>The budget addresses four guiding priorities \u2014 implementing projects to improve the trail system connections, parks and infrastructure; pursuing affordable housing; enhancing business opportunities and the downtown area; and providing services and amenities, including transit, to Granby residents.<\/p>\n<p>Almost $1.7 million will go toward street paving, sidewalk and traffic enhancements, a pickleball court, Fraser River improvements and upgrades to the town hall basement.<\/p>\n<p>The town also plans to purchase some equipment and vehicles, including a police vehicle, excavator, lawnmower and second loader. Other capital expenditures include a possible traffic signal and downtown improvements such as parking upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>The town has allocated $323,350 to economic development and<br \/>\nmarketing.<\/p>\n<p>Granby is debt free with the exception of some minimal<br \/>\nleases for office equipment and two Enterprise Fund loans.<\/p>\n<p>Projects prioritized for the coming year include the downtown infill development incentive program; downtown parking and streetscape improvements; calming traffic on Agate Avenue; affordable housing; economic development; maintaining a year-round transit program; and a comprehensive master plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granby Budget 2020Infogram Granby has adopted a budget for 2020, which features three new full-time positions and increases spending over 2019 by $1.2 million. The Board of Trustees approved the budget Nov. 12. The town conservatively forecasts revenue of $8.95 million next year and has budgeted expenditures of $9.4 million. The town will use $457,812 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 09:45:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36115,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36049\/revisions\/36115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}