Only No Vote to $5B Spending Plan – COUNCILMAN OH HAS OFFERED LEGISLATION TO CUT THE CITY’S OPERATING BUDGET 2014-2020

Jun 13, 2019 | Real Change, Real Reform, Taxes

Tribune $5Billion budget

COUNCILMAN OH HAS OFFERED LEGISLATION TO CUT THE CITY’S OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEARS:
2014 – $48 Million

2015 – $74 Million

2016 – $105 Million

2017 – $103 Million

2018 – $60 Million

2020 – $160 Million

https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/city-council-passes-b-spending-plan-increases-homestead-exemption/article_494677b0-aa55-59ff-8ef6-11e9d0ec9050.html

City Council passes $5B spending plan, increases homestead exemption

Philadelphia’s $5 billion budget passed in City Council holds the line on property taxes.

In a 16-1 vote Thursday, City Council approved the fiscal year 2020 budget, which will increase spending 6% over last year and add 312 new positions to the city workforce with no staff reductions.

City Council’s budget tacked on $30 million to the plan Mayor Jim Kenney proposed in March, which brought the spending plan above $5 billion for the first time in city history.

Councilman David Oh, a Republican who cast the only vote against the budget, proposed an amendment to slash $160.5 million from the budget, which failed. The cuts targeted more than 30 departments and would have knocked the budget below $5 billion.

Michael D’Onofrio Tribune Staff Writer
 Jun 13, 2019