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Council usually allocates funding directly to specific private projects as part of the carryover budget, based on requests from organizations to individual council members. This year, city administration wants to have those organizations go through a formal request for proposals, or RFP, process.
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More than $85 million is left over from Cincinnati’s last fiscal year budget, which ended June 30. The surplus is thanks to federal stimulus as well as revenue, like income tax, coming in higher than expected.
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Cincinnati Council is so far suggesting no cuts to the recommended budget for next fiscal year. Instead, council members have each proposed additional items for the budget that is up for a final vote this week.
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Affordable housing topped the list of priorities at Thursday night’s public hearing for the next Cincinnati budget. About 50 people spoke at the hearing in Madisonville.
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The first draft of the Cincinnati budget for the next fiscal year includes funding for more police and fire recruits, a record-high human services fund, and proposes a number of new programs.
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New projections for Cincinnati's income tax revenue over the next few years are more optimistic than previous reports, even though the city is expected to lose about 1.4% of jobs over the next 10 years.
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Cincinnati Council offered the first peek at what the next city budget will look like. A list of policy priorities includes a second recruit class for police and fire and an additional $1 million for the unfunded liability in the pension fund.
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Some residents advocated for general priorities like affordable housing and pedestrian safety, but a few had specific ideas. The city's budget office is predicting a $17.2 million budget deficit next year, even after using $66 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to fill most of the gap.
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Budget and Finance Chair Greg Landsman says he wants to hear from residents before the administration makes the first draft of the budget. The first public hearing is set for April 4 at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
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"I know it sounds like we're dumping. I realize that," said Assistant Chief Thomas Lakamp. "But our need is critical in the department. It is critical."