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Mayor defends budget plan, council schedules public hearing in March
Summary
Mayor Gleamy defended a proposed budget that raises taxes to cover rising health insurance, retirement and debt-service costs, and the council agreed to call a public hearing in March on the annual estimate.
Mayor Robert Gleamy defended his proposed fiscal-year budget at a public committee meeting and said the increases are driven largely by mandated costs beyond the administration’s control.
Gleamy told council members that health insurance, New York State retirement contributions and rising debt service explain much of the budget growth and that the administration has cut discretionary spending. “Every single penny of the tax rates since I took office came from mandated expenses and did not come from discretionary spending,” Gleamy said during his presentation.
The mayor walked the council through year-over-year changes and argued the city’s…
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