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From YouTube: Council's Preliminary Approval of the FY2021 Budget NBC 10 6-18-2020

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Via NBC 10 on 6-18-2020:

Council President Clarke (5th District) Speaks to NBC 10 about the FY2021 Budget Council gave preliminary approval to on 6-17-2020.

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Protests over police reform in a tax base devastated by the kovat 19 pandemic have philadelphia city council reimagining. The budget is the most.

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Challenging on Orthodox budget process I've ever had to participate in the.

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City now says it is short 750 million dollars. The council proposes cutting more than five million dollars from the city fire department. The new budget also cuts 19 million from the city Police Department, and moves 14 million to pay for crossing guards and Public Safety officers out of the managing directors office.

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Heard from the head of Philadelphia's Police Advisory, Commission, Hans Munoz leads the closest thing the city has to an independent oversight body at five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Its funding is about one hundredth of a percent of the city police budget. This whole issue.

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Of police oversight I think that's probably going to be one of the most significant aspects of what we do and having a civilian oversight committee that looks at it has subpoena power. So it has Realty.

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In a statement, Philadelphia's police union responded to proposed police cuts, calling it both reckless and irresponsible saying this spending plan will devastate any efforts by the police department to engage in fund numerous community outreach programs. The statement does not specify which police programs would be devastated.

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Council president Darrell Clarke sees this moment as an opportunity rather than a burden, something.

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Is wrong and you can't have a situation where people in communities don't be the police? Is there to support them and that's what's going on in a lot of places, fill it up he's not as bad there's a lot of other municipalities, but there is.

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An issue and mayor Kenny says that he supports the council's revised budget. The full council will vote on it next week and then send it over to the mayor's desk for his signature. That's the latest in Philadelphia, I'm Mitch, blocker, NBC, 10, News.