{"id":20258,"date":"2019-11-23T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=61629"},"modified":"2019-11-24T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:11:56","slug":"granbys-budget-adds-positions-invests-in-capital-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/granbys-budget-adds-positions-invests-in-capital-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Granby\u2019s budget adds positions, invests in capital projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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

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

Sales tax revenue that accounts for 65.5% of total general fund operating revenues is anticipated to increase by 16.7% this year and by 7.5% next year.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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

Full-time and part-time employee salaries and benefits budgeted for 2020 total $3.6 million or 36% of the expenditure budget.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

The town has allocated $323,350 to economic development and marketing.<\/p>\n

Granby is debt free with the exception of some minimal leases for office equipment and two Enterprise Fund loans.<\/p>\n

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

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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 from reserves to […]<\/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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 03:07:36","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":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20277,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258\/revisions\/20277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}