As police and fire are on track to outspend their overtime budget by $10M this year, the city’s reserves are all tapped out.
All that’s left is the so-called "rainy day fund," which is meant to keep city services functioning in the event of an emergency — a natural disaster or act of terrorism, for example, not fiscal mismanagement. Reporter Geoff Kelly gives his analysis:
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