Bibb’s proposal does not drastically depart from spending plans under former Mayor Frank Jackson, but it does include a handful of notable changes.
Among them is a $1.1 million increase for the Law Department, to add 10 staff, help retain existing staff and “deliver police reform, strengthen code enforcement, settle outstanding cases and hire a Chief Ethics Officer to embed accountability.” The money is intended to assist in implementing Issue 24, the voter-backed charter change that increases civilian oversight of police and sets new requirements for police training.
The proposal adds $2.3 million to the Department of Public Health division that handles pandemic response, which includes funding for 11 new positions, nine of which would staff two new mobile health vehicles. In total, the 2022 budget calls for general fund spending to total about $23 million more than the city spent in 2021, and about $45 million more than Jackson’s last budget predicted for 2021.
Municipal income tax collections have historically accounted for well over half of general fund revenues. But work-from-home trends brought on by the pandemic could sharply curtail such collections in 2021 – the first year such an impact might be felt, due to temporary pandemic rules the Ohio legislature has allowed to expire.
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