Shields Proposes F.C. Budget With Stiff Take-Home Pay Cuts, 6 Layoffs

Fund Balance Stabilization Key, Manager Insists

Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields unveiled his long-awaited recommended Fiscal Year 2012 budget to the F.C. City Council Monday, and while the balanced revenues and expenditures for $64,511,451 represent a modest 0.7 percent increase over the current year, they are achieved through a one-cent tax rate increase, salary cuts for all City employees and a net six layoffs.It also involves a five cent tax overlay on commercial properties.

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