Latest budget proposal scales back cuts to Evanston police and fire departments, includes property tax increase
According to a revised proposed budget presented to
"As the council debated the various reductions, I came to the conclusion that it was appropriate at that point to put forward a 2 percent" property tax levy, Bobkiewicz said after the meeting. That's about the same percentage as the property tax levies assessed each of the past four years.
For an
The city's fiscal year runs
Bobkiewicz also proposed finding additional revenue by increasing charges to insurance for ambulance response -- which would raise an additional
An additional
And all
In return, Bobkiewicz eliminated an earlier proposal to get rid of nine firefighter positions and close and sell a fire station. Instead, according to the revised proposal, four firefighter positions would remain vacant but not be eliminated.
Fire fighters stand during the special public hearing on the proposed FY2019 budget
Fire fighters stand during the special public hearing on the proposed FY2019 budget
Kimkea Harris, of the Ill.
Kimkea Harris, of the Ill.
The fire department's overtime budget would increase by
In the police department, where Bobkiewicz had proposed eliminating nine positions, four officer jobs would be held open at a cost of
The revised proposed budget comes as
The anticipated shortfall stems from a
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