Future city cash flow ‘very tight’

The city of Dunkirk is “pretty close to even on revenue and expenses on the current budget,” Fiscal Affairs Officer Ellen Luczkowiak said this week. Luczkowiak told a Common Council Finance Committee meeting that the city is actually ahead on revenue by about $320,000. The city is getting state Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) money and an installment of sales tax revenue in December as well, she said. The finance officer projects a cash flow of $5 million at year’s end. “But that has to get us through to May,” she noted. Predicting that “it’s…