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Buffalo City Council accepts mayor's recommended budget, sets public hearing and department workshops
Summary
The Buffalo City Council accepted the mayor's recommended budget and scheduled department hearings (April 23, 29–30) and a public hearing (April 28) in Council Chambers, Council President Farah Little said following a brief special meeting.
Council President Farah Little said the Buffalo City Council accepted the mayor's recommended budget during a brief special meeting and announced a schedule for department hearings and a public hearing. "Today what we did was we accepted the Mayor's recommended budget," Farah Little said.
The council set department hearings for April 23 at 11:00 a.m. in Council Chambers, with additional workshops on April 29 starting at 12:30 p.m. and April 30 starting at 10:00 a.m., Farah Little said. She also announced a public hearing on the budget for April 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers and invited residents to contact council offices or staff with questions, comments or concerns.
At the start of the meeting a clerk called roll; members confirmed their attendance, including Council Member Bowman; President Pro Tem Everhart; Majority Leader Halton Pope; Council Member Noah Koski; Council Member Rivera; Council Member Scanlon; and Council Member Wyatt. The clerk recorded several procedural motions: a motion "to receive a file," a motion to send items 2 and 3 to the committee of the whole, and a motion to adjourn. The transcript records that the motions were seconded (the "receive a file" motion was seconded by Council Member Wyatt; the referral was seconded by Council Member Bowman; the adjournment was seconded by Council Member Schlumbach) but it does not include roll-call vote tallies or formal recorded vote outcomes in the transcript.
The council president framed the acceptance as the meeting's primary result and described next steps for public engagement on the budget. The meeting record in the transcript does not show a formal roll-call vote for the budget acceptance in this segment; the acceptance is stated verbally by the council president. The department hearings and the public hearing will provide opportunities for departments to present details and for members of the public to comment before further council action.
The council adjourned after the announcements.
