MUKILTEO — A divided City Council approved nearly 50 cuts Monday in an attempt to narrow a projected $1.7 million shortfall.
Small cuts included passing on buying a new costume for McGruff the Crime Dog and scaling back on various travel and training budgets.
Larger savings come from $240,000 worth of concessions from the city’s four labor unions and reducing the amount the city pays for consultants by about $100,000.
In full, the council slashed about $1 million from the city’s general fund budget. Roughly $500,000 in new expenses were also added in — mostly to pay off the new City Hall.
In the end, the city’s projected shortfall shrunk to $1.2 million.
Mukilteo has plenty of money on hand to pay for a one-year shortfall, said Scott James, the city’s finance director.
