Article: SHORTFALL MAY BLOCK MAYOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL PROPOSALS / SAYS CITY STAFF REPORT

A shortfall of $28 million could result in some projects, recommended by the Mayor's Advisory Council, "not being c ompleted," according to a city staff report submitted Tuesday to the Oklahoma City Council.

The shortfall could result because of a "discrepancy" between the total estimated cost of the recommended infrastructure projects and the amounts designated in proposed bond and sales tax revenues,the staff concluded.

In turn, the staff report said, that shortfall could produce the "attendant perception in the general public, similar to that of previous bond issues, that the city didn't do what it promised."

The $28 million figure was reached by Mike Randall, assistant to the city ...

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