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Syracuse Common Council unanimously approved the city’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, Mayor Ben Walsh announced Monday.

Walsh commended the council’s approval in Monday’s statement. The new budget will invest in neighborhood communities through sanitation efforts and continue the city’s trend of growth without increasing property taxes, he said.

“This budget allows us to maintain investments in crucial city services for residents, address strengthening our neighborhoods and families, and retain a resilient city workforce,” Walsh said in the statement.

Walsh’s initial $294 million budget proposal released in April went through some changes before the Common Council approved it. The council added $1 million in expenditures, according to syracuse.com, including $300,000 to review how the Syracuse Police Department utilizes its officers.

The approved budget will also increase expenditures for Syracuse’s Department of Engineering and The Neighborhood and Business Development’s Division of Code Enforcement, as well as allocate funds hire a lead project coordinator and an I-81 project coordinator.

“This budget keeps us on the path to a stronger Syracuse,” Walsh wrote. “Through good financial management and collaboration at the local, state and federal level, Syracuse continues to maneuver a challenging era while remaining in a sound fiscal state.”

Published on May 9, 2022 at 4:04 pm

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