Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured Thursday, July 7, 2016.
Lawrence city leaders will soon consider whether to approve changes that would add nearly $1.4 million to the city’s budget and nine full-time positions and one part-time position to city staff for this year.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing an adjustment to the city’s 2021 budget to include the additional expense of $1.379 million, which includes the 9.5 positions and other costs. The additional positions and expenses, which city staff are recommending to help meet some of the commission’s strategic plan goals, will be offset by some other savings, but could potentially require increases in property taxes or other revenues, according to a city staff memo to the commission.