City Commission seems set on not making big budget cuts

At a Sept. 8 workshop to discuss the city of Fernandina Beach’s proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, some city commissioners offered suggestions for cutting expenses in order for the city to operate using a rollback millage rate, and citizens let commissioners know, in no uncertain terms,...

  • Retired Fernandina Beach comptroller Patti Clifford at an August meeting. Clifford has joined other citizens in asking the City Commission to find more savings in its budget for the next fiscal year. It faces a revenue shortfall created by the economic downturn since the global coronavirus pandemic. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER
    Retired Fernandina Beach comptroller Patti Clifford at an August meeting. Clifford has joined other citizens in asking the City Commission to find more savings in its budget for the next fiscal year. It faces a revenue shortfall created by the economic downturn since the global coronavirus pandemic. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER

    At a Sept. 8 workshop to discuss the city of Fernandina Beach’s proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, some city commissioners offered suggestions for cutting expenses in order for the city to o…