Falls economic development department, public library face big cuts in Dyster’s proposed 2015 budget

[From Niagara-Gazette.com]

Representatives of the city’s Planning and Economic Development department and the public library system discussed cuts to their respective budgets in Mayor Paul Dyster’s proposed spending plan for 2015 with members of the city council Friday afternoon.

Tom DeSantis, the city’s senior planner, told the council that a 25 percent cut to his budget, largely achieved through the elimination of two positions, would put further stress on his department at a time when many economic development opportunities are popping up in the region…

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