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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Heart of the Bakken: Williston City Budget To Rise Dramatically -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Williston budget to increase significantly. A lot of numbers rounded in this post. See link at the Williston Herald.

Last year's budget:
  • Appropriations: $50 million
  • New employees: 7
This year's proposed budget:
  • Appropriations: $65 million
  • New employees: 24
Other data points:
  • $30 million borrowing for infrastructure bond issues
  • Infrastructure requests: $18 million for water; $17 million for sewer
  • How to pay for this: bonding, mill levy increases and/or rate increases on water and sewer
New positions requested:
  • Williston Police Department: 9 new positions (6 officers, 3 dispatchers)
  • Public Works: requesting 8 new positions
  • Auditor's Office: 2
  • Building Department: 2
  • Williston Fire Department: 1
  • Planning and Zoning: 1
  • Economic Development: 1
  • Total employees for Williston if all approved: "140 and three-quarters employees"
  • Record number of Williston employees: 141 back in the early 1980s

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