City administrator says administration has identified options to cut budget deficit from $16 million to $3 million

Jo C. Goode
Herald News Staff Reporter
Posted Apr. 22, 2014

FALL RIVER — What was purported to be a more than $16 million shortfall in the upcoming fiscal 2015 budget has been whittled down to $3 million, City Administrator Cathy Ann Viveiros told the City Council on Tuesday night.

As the city braces for a 35 percent reduction it its fire department, Viveiros made it clear that shutting the budget gap was the administration’s prime priority and that the city would look for solutions afterward in an attempt to save some of the firefighter jobs.

“We are looking at changes to the way we deliver services,” Viveiros said. “The budget is not sustainable in its current state.”

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