BERLIN — Taking what Mayor Paul Grenier described as a “leap of faith,” the city council Monday night approved a fiscal 2020 budget that restores all the public safety and public works positions cut because of the uncertainty over state education funding.
“It’s a leap of faith that the Legislature and governor can come together and fund education the way it’s suppose to be funded,” said Grenier.
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