City of Huntsville cuts $10M from city budget as sales tax numbers start to fall short

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) -For the first time since the 2008 recession, the city of Huntsville is cutting its budget, this time by 1%, upwards of $10 million.

“There was a little bit of weakness in there, not much, but enough for us to say let’s just be very cautious this year,” Mayor Tommy Battle said.

This comes after sales tax numbers saw a significant drop. It’s coming from departments all over…

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