The Hemet City Council began its first 2022 to 2023 budget discussion with a current update at its Tuesday, April 12, regular meeting. Currently the city’s budget is showing a welcome increase in reserves and higher than expected revenues.Lorena Rocha, the city’s finance director, however, warned that the current inflationary situation facing the nation could ultimately affect the next fiscal year’s financial outcome.Hemet city manager Chris Lopez told the council earlier that day he met with all his department heads to look over all of their next fiscal year budget requests. He and his staff are compiling their requests and will be reporting back to the council with them in a planned budget workshop, Monday to Thursday, April 18-21.Rocha showed the council that Hemet, fr
