“Our current council and councils of the past, they have really been fiscally responsible. Our policy is to have 30% [of our budget] in reserves,” said Mayor Andy Medellin to a full house during his State of the City presentation at the MCEDC’s State of the County event. “We have over 14 million dollars in our reserves. Maybe we’ve been doing a less than stellar job in reaching our community [with that message]. What are we doing to reach out to them and say ‘here’s more information, here’s better information’ – I think we’ve addressed that.”
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