City Cutting 29 Positions In No-Tax-Increase Budget; $18 Million Slated For Walnut Street Bridge chattanoogan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chattanoogan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Although it will include eliminating 15 vacancies and laying off 14 employees as officials look to streamline city functions, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly said his proposed budget for the upcoming year also doubles down on policy priorities centered around closing socioeconomic gaps in the city.
With similar projects in the works, Chattanooga officials will repurpose $1.45 million in federal pandemic relief funds initially set aside during former Mayor Andy Berke s administration to convert a hotel into an emergency shelter.
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Although Chattanoogans won t see a more thorough breakdown of the city s budget until early next month, dozens of residents participated in a pair of virtual education sessions that offered an overview of how officials will spend hundreds of millions of dollars of tax money next fiscal year.