{"id":224137,"date":"2016-03-29T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=224137"},"modified":"2016-03-29T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T20:00:42","slug":"torres-mayors-offices-see-budget-hikes-next-fiscal-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/torres-mayors-offices-see-budget-hikes-next-fiscal-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres: Mayor\u2019s offices to see budget hikes next fiscal year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Ralph DLG Torres disclosed yesterday that CNMI mayor\u2019s offices would see an increase in their budgets for next fiscal year, suggesting at an overall growth in revenue projections.<\/p>\n

Torres met with the island mayors of Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Northern Island and gave them their budget proposals or figures yesterday, showing an increase in funding for all the mayors offices.<\/p>\n

The governor said that based on projected figures from fiscal year 2016, the administration has increased the mayor\u2019s offices budgets for 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of them were happy and all of them made a motion to adopt the proposed legislation to them,\u201d Torres told Saipan Tribune in an interview in his office late afternoon yesterday.<\/p>\n

The shared figures come from a fiscal year budget proposal that the Governor\u2019s Office is crunching out ahead of official submission to the Legislature in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Per CNMI law, the governor has to meet with the council of mayors prior to the budget submission to get their input. Yesterday\u2019s meeting began that process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is actually the only thing that is done,\u201d Torres said of the budget proposals. \u201cEverything else is fluid. But this is something that we have given to the mayor\u2019s offices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the Torres administration is optimistic and anticipates budget growth for next year that has the potential to be \u201cdouble-digit forecasted revenue increases,\u201d Saipan Tribune learned.<\/p>\n

The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office will see a $209,000 increase from a budget last year of $1.8 million.<\/p>\n

The Northern Island Mayor\u2019s Office will see a proposed increase to $505,000 budget from a $340,000 budget.<\/p>\n

Rota Mayor\u2019s Office will see an increase to $6.7 million from $6.4 million.<\/p>\n

From a current budget of $6.6 million, the Tinian Mayor\u2019s Office will see a proposed budget of $6.8 million.<\/p>\n

Torres said he ensured the mayors of continued collaborative working environment focusing on \u201ctheir needs\u201d as they move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they need an additional supplement\u2026anything that needs emergency assistance my office is ready to work with them,\u201d Torres said. \u201cAnd if there is a supplemental\u201d budget information \u201ccoming in July, that is something we will sit down again\u201d and discuss.<\/p>\n

Torres added they would be setting up quarterly meetings to hash out issues that need to be worked on. Among other issues, Torres said they discussed the proposed military buildup on the islands of Tinian and Pagan, particularly a divert airfield on Tinian and the training range proposals on Pagan.<\/p>\n

On Pagan, Torres said he would be pushing homesteads on island. <\/p>\n

\u201cI asked the mayor for his full support,\u201d Torres said, adding that the Northern Islands Mayor Jerome Aldan invited all the mayors and himself to join the forum, \u201cKonferencian Dinana Islas Marianas\u201d slated for Pagan this June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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