CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Charlotte residents got their chance to weigh in as city leaders are working to put together a budget for the next fiscal year. Proposed additions to the $3.6 billion spending plan made Monday night included more money for police, fire, and an air conditioning pilot program.
The council received the original proposed budget from the city manager last week. It included small increases to the cost of city services but kept property taxes flat. The proposal also included a 3 percent raise for city employees.
During a press conference before Monday’s meeting, Union leaders told reporters they want that raise to be 6 percent.
Candidate forum scheduled for vacant Charlotte City Council seat“We are living in such a time that it is difficult to dedicate ourselves to city work and then and come home and afford all the other things that everyone else is afforded,” said Robert Davis who represents employees with Charlotte Water.
A group of nonprofits are also asking the city to spend $2 million on a program that would buy 400 air conditioners for apartments in the city that currently don’t have AC. Charlotte landlords are only required to provide heat.
Any agreed changes will be made Monday, May 19. The council hopes to adopt a final budget by June 9.
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