Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels
Work has begun on the crafting of the City of Manitowoc’s 2022 budget. Meetings with Mayor Justin Nickels and each Department Head began yesterday.
“Every Department has its own needs and wants and issues. We have the Rahr West Art Museum. We have the Senior Center. We have 36 parks. We got the library. We have Police and Fire. We just have a plethora of different areas that are important but it’s how you put them together all into one with the budget constraints, we all have.”
Nickels says items approved by the Council this year must be factored into the equation.
“What roads will be recommended to be done. We obviously have funding for two-way streets downtown approved by the Council. There’s just a lot. It’s a $65 million budget and there’s a lot of time and energy that goes into it.”
The approximate 470-page $65 million spending package will be presented to the full Council on October 18th.
The debate will last about a month with a full vote scheduled sometime around Thanksgiving.
