For the second week, the Chattanooga City Council may defer the 2009-2010 capital budget because of questions about how and where the money is being spent.
Council members spent an hour today pouring over the $59 million budget line-by-line, but only got halfway through.
Most questions centered around particular spending projects such as speed humps, money for road improvements and building a downtown police precinct.
The Budget, Personnel and Finance Committee will discuss budget items again next week.
For more information, read tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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