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Budget activists press council to fund community response team, restore public comment and adopt participatory budgeting
Summary
Speakers from Raleigh People's Budget Assembly and allied groups urged the council to reinstate longer public-comment periods, fund a community response team separate from police as part of Raleigh CARES, implement participatory budgeting, and adopt meet-and-confer protections for city workers.
Multiple public commenters representing or aligned with the Raleigh People’s Budget Assembly (RPBA) and other community groups asked the council to prioritize non-police crisis response, expand public engagement and adopt worker protections in the upcoming budget.
Laura Harris (District D) read RPBA demands: (1) restore public speaking time…
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