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Cincinnati budget
10:57 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Park and public safety cuts dominate 2nd city budget hearing

Credit Jay Hanselman
Speakers at the second hearing on Cincinnati's budget at the College Hill Recreation Center

Once again preventing park cuts and saving public safety jobs were the focus of many speakers during a Cincinnati Council hearing Monday night on the city’s budget.


There was a smaller crowd for the session at the College Hill Recreation Center, and about 30 speakers offered testimony.


About half of them are asking Council not to reduce funding for the parks department.   The board that runs those facilities has threatened closures and reduced maintenance if the city manager’s budget is adopted.

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Cincinnati budget
12:03 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Council listens to concerns during first budget hearing

Don’t cut parks and public safety. Those were the dominate themes last night during the first of three public hearings on Cincinnati next budget, which City Council must approve by June 1st.


About 50 speakers offered testimony to Council’s Budget and Finance Committee in a session at the Duke Energy Convention Center that lasted about three hours.


A dozen speakers spoke against cuts to the parks department including resident Polk Laffoon.

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Cincinnati budget
3:49 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Qualls/Seelbach plan to further reduce public safety layoffs

Credit Michael Keating
Cincinnati City Council chamber

Two Cincinnati Council Members are supporting a plan to eliminate all the proposed firefighter layoffs while reducing police officer layoffs to 25.  

Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and Council Member Chris Seelbach announced the proposal Thursday.

“We will continue to look for additional savings that could reduce layoffs even further,” Qualls said in a press release.  “We must preserve essential services that keep all of our neighborhoods safe and clean.”

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