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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Planning 2012: City Looks Forward to Positive Financial Forecast

For the next week and a half, Birmingham Patch will bring you a look at the city's plans from the City Commission's long-range planning session Saturday.

The Birmingham City Commission held its annual long-range planning session Saturday morning, during which commissioners heard reports from various city departments on what happened in 2011 and what's in store for Birmingham in 2012. Birmingham Patch was there all day, but just in case you missed it, here are some of the highlights about the upcoming year in city government. First on the docket Saturday morning was a better-than-expected five-year financial forecast from the Birmingham Finance Department. “The financial forecast that has been presented this year is dramatically improved from what has been shown in past year,” the report reads. “The City’s willingness to conservatively forecast, and then to respond, has enabled the City to …

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