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Council opens budget hearings as administration outlines hiring freeze, overtime limits and steep operating cuts
Summary
The New Orleans City Council opened its 2026 budget hearings Oct. 14 with the administration laying out steps to address a structural shortfall, including a hiring freeze, restrictions on overtime and proposed cuts to department operating and personnel budgets.
The New Orleans City Council opened its 2026 budget hearings Oct. 14 with the administration laying out steps to address a structural shortfall, including a hiring freeze, restrictions on overtime and proposed cuts to department operating and personnel budgets.
Council members and administration officials said the executive budget package includes a proposed 30% reduction to “other operating” budgets and a 15% reduction to personnel budgets for unclassified employees. The administration also described continuing a hiring freeze and extending restrictions on overtime that were used in 2025.
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