Newsletter contradicts Council Meeting

We received our monthly South Ogden Newsletter today. I usually get an electronic version, but it arrives at different times each month; so I am relying on the mailed version. This month's has an interesting article written by our own city councilman John W. Bradley. He spends most of his time talking about the skateboarders and the potential of a skate park. We can discuss this in more detail later. The last paragraph is where I want to focus my attention. Councilman Bradley discuss the South Ogden City Budget and says something very interesting.

He prefaces his comments with fact the city budget is based on projections. Which we understand; however this still doesn't explain his final comment:

"Currently, the city is on budget and is not looking at a shortfall or a tax increase"

During the November 18th City council meeting, which he attended, (See Here) Scott Darrington explained we are $300,000 behind. Our expenditures are on budget but our revenue is behind. With our new sales tax numbers we are even further behind. Therefore his statement that we are "on budget" is in contradiction of what was really said at the council meeting.

Was he asleep? Did he miss that information? I mean I was there, I took notes, how did he miss a $300,000 hole in the budget?

Yesterday's Standard Article (see here) reports they [South Ogden City Government] have known since October that sales tax was taking a drop. Another contradiction from the meeting. What is going?

I have sent an email to Councilman Bradley for a reply; unfortunately I have never received a response to ANY emails I have ever received from him. To date I have sent six emails over the last year and half and he never replies. So we will see if he answers our request to explain the budget in more detail.