The Albert Lea Tribune is reporting today that the City of Albert Lea did not receive two key grants that would have helped it maintain its full police force. As a result, the police department is $160,000 short in its budget, which already took a $320,000 hit (made up through the attrition of 3.5 positions) earlier in the year. To close the new gap, the city may have to layoff personnel in the police department or make deeper cuts in other departments. Through Governor Pawlenty’s LGA unallotment, Albert Lea lost $400,000 in the last two weeks of its 2008 budget year and is scheduled to lose more than $1 million in 2009 and 2010.
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10Sep
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