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Mayor says Gainesville is financially strong
City Council approves funding for improvements to Wessell Park
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Above: Gainesville Parks Division Manager Jeff Morrison describes future renovations for Wessell Park. Left: Improvement plans also include a new basketball court and tennis court.
Gainesville is in a strong financial position, said Mayor Danny Dunagan, who gave a state of the city address Tuesday evening at the City Council meeting. The mayor said operating results, including revenues from local option sales taxes and permit fees, for fiscal year 2012 were the best the city has seen since 2008. “We are more fortunate than many communities across the country, but I wouldn’t call it luck,” he said.