The City Council Monday night by a 15-4 vote passed a city budget that calls for a tax increase of $53 for the average homeowner
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Council Committee Trims Mayor’s Proposed Budget
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee on Saturday completed its work massaging Mayor Bill Finch’s spending plan for the budget year starting July 1.
Read moreSpending Taxpayer Money On Nonprofits–Legit Or Buying Votes?
City budget hound John Marshall Lee says it’s easy to be generous with other people’s money. He charges, in remarks made to the City Council
Read moreWill Public Hearing On City Budget Be Yeller Or Yawner?
This budget cycle hasn’t been as noisy as last year when Black Rockers in particular voiced strong opposition to Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan
Read moreThe Quest For A Real Finance Board
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Thursday night conducted a public hearing on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan. The city’s legislative body also
Read moreSale Of Boys & Girls Club, Firefighters Agreement, Capital Improvements On City Council Agenda
Citation for the UB women’s gymnastics team winning the national championship, sale of the Boys & Girls Club, collective bargaining agreement with the firefighters union,
Read morePublic Hearings Set For Mayor’s Proposed Budget
What will the City Council do with Mayor Bill Finch’s budget plan? The mayor has submitted a $522,966,587 spending document to the City Council that
Read moreCops Feel Overtime Pinch Among Top 100 City Employee Wage Earners
City educators and police officers (with several of them now retired) once again led the list of the top 100 wage earners for 2013, but
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