Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has proposed $1.1 billion in new spending in the 2023 capital budget
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has sent Columbus City Council his proposed annual capital budget for 2023 totaling $1.74 billion, which includes $1.1 billion in new spending on longterm needs such as construction projects, technology and equipment.“Our capital budget reflects our top priorities — public safety, affordability and the neighborhood infrastructure that is the backbone of our community,” Ginther said in a prepared statement released by his office.
In fact, over the last five years the city hasn't come close to spending a billion dollars on capital projects, with annual expenditures averaging about $454 million. The range has been from $393.8 million actually spent in 2021 to $487.2 million last year, according to information provided by the city Department of Finance.
$47.2 million in bond funds for subsidizing new affordable housing approved by voters in 2022, which will be added to $3.6 million in carryover.But the bulk of the capital budget is consumed by the city's public utilities, which will spend $763.7 million of all the new money in this year's plan, about 70%.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Council rescinds Ginther's food truck curfew, but city has other toolsFood trucks will operate until 2:30 a.m. again instead of midnight after Columbus City Council rescinded Mayor Andrew J. Ginther's curfew on Monday
Read more »
'Cop City' vote: Atlanta City Council to vote on budget for projectThe Atlanta City Council will vote on allocating up to $31 million to 'support the continued construction of and improvements to' the controversial Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
Read more »
Atlanta project decried as 'Cop City’ gets funding approval from City CouncilAtlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.” The vote is a significant victory for Mayor Andre Dickens, who has made the $90 million project a large part of his first term in office, despite significant pushback to the effort. For about 14 hours, residents again and again took to the podium to slam the project, saying it would be a gross misuse of public funds to build the huge facility in a large urban forest in a poor, majority-Black area.
Read more »