Jan 15, 2025
OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Dunkirk Fiscal Affairs Officer Ellen Luczkowiak during a Tuesday meeting of the city Common Council’s Finance Committee. At left is Dunkirk Treasurer Mark Woods, at right is Councilperson-at-large Nick Weiser.
Dunkirk is chipping away at a deficit that still tops $2 million.
Fiscal Affairs Officer Ellen Luczkowiak reported a year-ending deficit of $2,148,000 at a meeting of the city council’s Finance Committee on Tuesday. She said the deficit was $2.4 million at a December meeting of the committee. In November, Luczkowiak reported a $2.9 million deficit.
She said of the deficit, “A lot of that was overtime expenses, unplanned water main breaks, snowstorms — and many other things. I don’t think anyone was spending unnecessarily.”
Despite the deficit, Luczkowiak said the city has an available cash flow of about $4.6 million.
Luczkowiak also explained a list of modifications to the 2025 budget. The modifications were tabled by the council at its last meeting.
Luczkowiak said she and Treasurer Mark Woods had to make the modifications because internal sections of the budget did not balance. She stated that “the beginning and the end” of the budget is balanced, but there were problems in the middle.
The modifications are “basically moving interfund monies around to balance each fund,” Councilperson-at-large Nick Weiser said.
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