Vernon city council has slashed this year's operating grant for O'Keefe Ranch by more than $30,000 to $150,000. The move comes as council tries to keep the numbers down in the 2011 budget. Manager Catherine Lord says the ranch is already running on a pared down budget. ``It's going to hurt staffing for one thing. We're going to have to see if there are a couple of things that we just don't provide anymore,'' Lord tells SUN FM. The manager says the ranch does expect some gaming grant money this year but it has been earmarked for capital projects, not operating costs. At a meeting Tuesday night, councillor Bob Spiers says council whittled down this year's tax rate to a .4 percent decrease and staff have been instructed to find more areas to cut. However, Spiers notes the budget process is not over and the numbers could still inch up to a half or one percent increase in taxes.
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