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Greenville City manager unveils budget prioritizing public safety with no millage increase
Summary
City Manager Shannon Laverne presented a proposed budget that emphasizes public safety — including a real-time crime center and more firefighters for Stone Avenue Fire Station — while maintaining the current millage rate and funding parks, public works and neighborhood revitalization.
City Manager Shannon Laverne presented a proposed municipal budget that prioritizes public safety while avoiding a tax millage increase.
Laverne said the proposal includes funding for a real-time crime center for Greenville Police and adds firefighters to staff the soon-to-open Stone Avenue Fire Station. The plan also allocates money for new public works equipment, parks and facilities upgrades, and neighborhood revitalization efforts.
The budget was described as a high-level overview in the weekly city briefing; the presentation did not include a formal vote or an adopted budget document. Details such as total budget size, line-item amounts, and an implementation schedule were not specified in the briefing materials.
If the council moves forward, next steps will include formal budget review and committee consideration; the briefing did not state a timeline for those reviews or for final adoption.
