This week?

Chico city council start to put together the plan for next year's budget.

Action news now's hayley watt* breaks down some of the key issues the council will consider in their spending plan.

There's not enough money to fix every problem?

But this year, the mayor says road maintenance cannot be swept under the rug any longer?

Take a look?

Potholes and cracks indicate years where nothing's been done to maintain city streets.

Mayor randall stone today said for at least four years, the city has planned to spend about $7million dollars on maintenace instead?

That money went to fill holes on other departments to keep government running.

After half a decade of this bad habit?

Themayor say it's time to stop borrowing from one fund to pay another, and something's got to change.

"we've got some real problems and tremendous budget consequences that i've been talkng about for years and we finally have the opportunity to see how bad that is, and how to fix it.

That lesson starts tomorrow"/ "there's potholes everywhere, people don't feel safe, traffic accidents are up by a huge amount.

But, what also is important is our personal safety ## and nava's right?

There's a lot more to fixing the budget than road spending.

Council will have to come up with a plan to pay for all public safety issues?

Plus, the cost of a city staff with pension costs on the rise.

The budget discussion starts tomorrow night at the city council meeting at 6 ?m on fourth and main?

And they'll have the spending plan set by this july.

Hayley watts action news now.###