Warren looks at deeper budget cuts in 2010

WARREN — City officials trimmed $1 million in red ink from the budget in 2009 through employee concessions. It will need those same concessions plus another $500,000 in savings to balance the books in 2010, Auditor David Griffing says.

Griffing met with the Warren City Council finance committee Tuesday and discussed his 2010 projections.

Without the same type of concessions again in 2010, the city is looking at a deficit of $2.5 million, Griffing said.

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