Columbus City Council amends budget to not include pause on police recruitment
City Council President Shannon Hardin was initially looking at pausing police recruitment until the results of a hiring audit came back. Author: Olivia Ugino (WBNS) Updated: 11:23 AM EST February 23, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio City Council President Shannon Hardin was initially looking at pausing police recruitment until the results of a hiring audit came back. But he says the concern was the council wouldn t have enough votes to approve the budget.
For the budget to pass, you need six out of seven votes. If the council didn t have enough votes, he says it would have delayed the entire budget for a month.