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Residents and groups press Raleigh council on fire benefits, pay study, trees and Vision Zero during budget hearing
Summary
Octavia Rainey, community resident, told the Raleigh City Council during a public hearing on the manager's proposed operating and capital budget that the city must treat fire and police pay equally and restore investment to historically displaced neighborhoods.
Octavia Rainey, community resident, told the Raleigh City Council during a public hearing on the manager's proposed operating and capital budget that the city must treat fire and police pay equally and restore investment to historically displaced neighborhoods. “You relocated 1,000 people. You demolished 3 churches. You demolished over 500 businesses,” Rainey said, asking council to include $300,000 for Fourth Ward in the budget.
Ruffin Hall, president and CEO of the Dix Park Conservancy, told the council the Conservancy supports the manager's recommended budget and thanked city staff for prior investments in Dix Park. “We support the manager's recommended budget,” Hall said, and invited the public to the opening of the Gibson Play Plaza on the…
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