City stays ‘frugal’ as spending, hiring freezes lifted
An eight-month hiring freeze, which was implemented in April to avert a potential financial crisis that could have left the city in the red by October, has come to an end, said Columbus Mayor Robert Smith.
Travel items, speed humps debated in 3-hour council meeting
Columbus councilmen took the long route in an almost three-hour meeting Tuesday evening approving or ratifying nine travel requests in light of continuing budget concerns.
City lifts carte blanche spending freeze
Columbus city councilmen lifted the city’s “spending freeze on everything” Thursday morning, replacing it with what they hope will be less drastic safeguards to rein in deficit spending.
City freezes spending ‘on everything’
It started when Ward 5 Councilman Stephen Jones voted against the city’s claims docket because he had questions about some of the charges.