city budget

Council listens to concerns during first budget hearing

Jay Hanselman — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:03:31 +0000

Don’t cut parks and public safety.

Qualls/Seelbach plan to further reduce public safety layoffs

Jay Hanselman — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:49:40 +0000

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.”

Mayor Mallory reduces public safety layoffs in his budget

Jay Hanselman — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:27:04 +0000

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's budget plan released Wednesday reduces the number of police and fire department layoffs. But 53 firefighters and 49 police officers would still be out of work in early June.

Mallory said he believes the public safety layoffs are unavoidable.

Cincy manager reduces layoffs in his budget plan

Jay Hanselman — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:47:01 +0000

Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney Thursday presented his proposed budget for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1st. His plan included layoffs for 201 city employees, but that’s down from the 344 he first discussed last month.

Dohoney’s budget plan was given to Mayor Mark Mallory, who now has ten days to review it and make changes before sending it to City Council.

Cincy Council discuss options for city budget

Jay Hanselman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:19:11 +0000

Can Cincinnati balance its next budget without money from a proposed parking lease or massive layoffs? The answer to that question depends on who you ask.

City administrators say it's mathematically impossible to balance without one or the other.

But some Council Members disagree. P.G. Sittenfeld said during a special meeting Thursday there are options.