LONG BEACH : New City Budget Would Force Cuts in Services
Long Beach residents would face cuts in police, fire and recreation services and nearly 5,000 city employees would not receive a pay increase under a proposed 1992-93 budget unveiled Friday.
The new $1.6-billion budget calls for eliminating 13 police officers and 14 civilians in the Police Department, eleven firefighters and 10 positions from parks, recreation and marine services.
These and other positions that are suggested for cuts would be eliminated mostly through attrition, city officials said. The budget submitted by City Manager James C. Hankla calls for only one layoff with the elimination of the city’s Neighborhood and Historic Preservation Office.
Saying that Long Beach has been battered by the recession, city officials have suggested that $8.3 million in painful cuts are in part a result of a decrease in hotel tax revenue and the departure of several commercial airlines from the Long Beach Airport.
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