Many department heads spend every dollar allotted in their annual budget and return little or nothing to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year. They do it so that it will look like the entire amount was needed to keep the amount for the next year from being reduced. It would not surprise me if DPW heads do the same thing after a mild winter.
I was on a call fire department for 25 years and every end of budget year saw a flurry of purchases, many that were not absolutely necessary. Some things that were purchased were not needed at all, but the money was spent anyway.
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