Salem facing tightening finances

SALEM — City Treasurer Robert Tullis told council Tuesday evening that the city had ended 2009 with a drop in revenue.

The city’s 1 percent income tax was $311,539, or 7.7 percent below the $4 million income tax collection in 2008.

In addition, said Steve Andres, city safety-service director, the city has used all of its road salt.

With snow predicted for the rest of this week and a pending weekend storm, he said, “We’re not going to be able to buy more salt.”

Also, Andres said, two of the city’s older dump trucks need several thousand dollars worth of repairs.

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