These are the “Cuts”
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson today called for a 10-percent across the board cut in non-public safety areas of city-county government, a hiring freeze and creating an efficiency committee to deal with the city’s fiscal problems.
The Mayor made the announcement this afternoon. He said a 10-percent cut will yield $13 million in savings. The cuts would come from programs and agencies funded by property taxes and not those by fees and grants.
Peterson says everything is on the table, except for public safety and crucial areas such as reassessment.
These cuts may be more necessary than anyone thinks as there may not enough votes to pass the Mayor’s public safety tax. Officials side-stepped the question when asked directly if there were enough votes to pass the tax on Monday night. They would only say they will know when the vote is taken.
