Fresno City Budget

On the heels of using temporary federal relief funds for major expansions to Fresno’s police and fire departments, city officials are trying to figure out how to sustain increased financial obligations.

A proposed $1.85 billion budget calls for major increases in spending and the possibility of a voter-approved utility rate hike.

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand Brand vetoed just over a million dollars in spending this year to balance the city’s more-than-a-billion-dollars budget. Some of…