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Tag: budget hearing

Council asked to give public a chance to review budget

The final day of more than three weeks of budget hearings ended today with a final request: that the council pass on the extra time they had to review the budget on to the public.
by Karen Gadbois November 15, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Animal control may go to the dogs without more money

Fresh off a financing fight that still leaves the city without the full services to round up stray animals and address related problems, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s budget calls for further cuts to the contract that puts private dogcatchers on the street.
by Karen Gadbois October 29, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

NORD budget decisions premature, council says

Though presenters at the second day of City Council budget hearings enthusiastically outlined their funding requests for city programs aimed at children and families, most council members said the time – and the budget – isn’t right to begin new projects and urged them to find money elsewhere.
by Jessica Williams October 26, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

City Council may scavenge money from separate boards

Seated on the elevated dais at City Council chambers today, Councilwoman Stacy Head rubbed her hands together and mouthed “money.”
by Ariella Cohen October 25, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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