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From NBC 10 on April 30, 2020:
City Council Majority Leader Cherelle Parker (9th District) speaks to NBC 10 about the Kenney Administration's new FY2021 Budget, revised to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A
B
Was
not
even
two
months
ago,
mayor
Kenney
stood
in
front
of
City
Council
and
laid
out
his
budget
things
like
an
added
45
million
dollars
for
public
schools
and
no
tax
increases.
All
of
that
has
changed
in
details.
The
mayor's
administration
shared
late
this
afternoon.
The
new
proposals
underscore
what
the
pandemic
has
done
to
finances
in
the
city.
Here
are
some
of
the
changes
in
a
nutshell:
a
4%
property
tax
increase
with
that
money
going
to
the
school
district,
a
5%
parking
tax
increase
and
an
increase
to
the
non-resident
wage
tax.
B
There
are
cuts
to
reduce
spending
on
prisons,
salary
reductions
for
non-union
employees,
no
expansion
of
the
pre-k
program
and
all
planned
upgrades
to
city
services
are
off
the
table.
The
budget
is
also
expected
to
propose
a
hiring
freeze
and
seasonal
layoffs.
Adding
that
city
pools
will
not
open
city
council
members
today
got
a
heads-up.
C
B
B
Said
she
and
fellow
members
of
City
Council,
want
to
see
more
testing
contact,
tracing
isolation,
options
and
treatment
before
going
further
with
construction
set
to
resume
in
the
city
managing
director,
Brian
Abernathy
says
any
business
that
violates
city
regulations
can
be
fined
$2,000
when
it
used
to
be
300.
We're.