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Council doesn't budge on budget
Updated: Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009, 11:23 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009, 11:23 PM EDT
DOWNTOWN TOLEDO - No movement Tuesday night in the hope of closing the $20 million
hole in the Toledo city budget.
Mayor Carty Finkbeiner had hoped a big chunk of the deficit
would be gone, but so far that's not the case.
It all still comes down to the contract with the police
department. Both the city administration and the police union met
with a mediator last week. Nothing came of that meeting and because
nothing did, many council members say they don't want to be making
major budget decisions right now.
"We cannot see a bright line in order to be able to make
intellectual business decisions, until we have had the opportunity
to see the bi-product of collective bargaining," said Councilman
Micheal Collins (I).
So instead of voting on a plan to raise the trash fee, change
income taxes for those who live in the city and work outside, and
change pension contributions, all those items went to a committee
for more discussion.
The police and city are meeting with a mediator again next
month, but Councilman Frank Szollosi wondered Tuesday why
negotiations were not happening that afternoon.
No resolution came out of Tuesday night's meeting, but all
members did leave with this challenge from outgoing UAW Director
Lloyd Mahaffey.
"I urge all of you to take an open mind and sit down and try
to work out these problems. There's not a problem anywhere that
doesn't have a solution and it's going to take some big people to
find it," said Mahaffey.
But the city did save itself a little money Tuesday, council voted to eliminate its expense accounts. That would net a savings of about $13,000.
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