Budget boost

GLTC increases profit margin in 2017 from transit partnership with Liberty The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) recently released its budget for fiscal year 2017, renewing its partnership with Liberty university and increasing its budget by 12 percent. In GLTC’s released board packet, it states that the fiscal budget allocated to Liberty grew from $1.2 million to just below $2.3 […]

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Proposed budget

Lynchburg City Manager Kimball Payne announced the City of Lynchburg’s proposed budget for 2014 on March 12. The budget includes funding for many different areas in the city, according to Payne’s proposal. “We’ve had a number of difficult budgets over the last four years, especially January of 2009,” Payne said. “We’ve made a number of adjustments, such as cutting spending […]

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Tax increase rejected

City Council looks at new stormwater management fee The meals tax suggested in Lynchburg’s budget proposal was taken off the menu by City Council. Lynchburg council met Tuesday, April 10, to discuss the 2013 fiscal year operating budget proposal during a private work session. At that time, the council unanimously moved to dismiss the “Eat for Education” meals tax whose […]

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