Fishers City government closed out calendar year 2015 with a cash balance of over $13 million.  City Controller Oscar Gutierrez told the City Council Finance Committee he will have the exact number for the cash balance closing out last year at the next session in February.

Gutierrez also told committee members the census should begin before the end of March. The deadline for completing the updated population count is the end of 2016.  The census staff will be housed in the Delaware Township building, according to the controller.  The city authorized the new census to verify estimates that the population of Fishers has grown dramatically since the 2010 census.  A higher census population figure can bring in more state and federal money to the city.