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Groups Say City Council Was Too Quick To Pass Preliminary Vote On COVID Relief Fund Spending
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The talk on Grant Street this week is all about how the city of Pittsburgh should spend $335 million from the American Rescue Plan.
On Wednesday, council members passed a preliminary vote 7-2 for the spending plan, but some local groups feel the vote happened too soon.
Leaders in the Black community want transparency, more public participation and a postponement of the allocation of those COVID relief dollars.
On Friday, members of the Black Political Empowerment Project, Western Pennsylvania Black Political Assembly and others gathered in Homewood.
If the tax hike is approved, a $240,000 property would see about $126 in new taxes.
Total 2022 budget figures, including any potential increases in utility costs, were not immediately available. The 2021 total budget is $238.6 million, and the 2021 general fund budget funded largely by property and sales taxes is about $58 million.
Next year s proposed budget focuses on public safety, cybersecurity, a plan to replace aging city equipment, reducing future costs for residents and sustaining existing levels of city services, Commissioner Steve Marquardt said at a commission meeting Tuesday.
Marquardt sits on the city s budget committee, which recommended approving two new police officers, two school resource officers and two information technology employees, along with approving increased software subscription costs for police and the Central Dakota Communications Center.
“We must have the strongest of justice for the murder of Dorian Murrell.” Malik Zulu Shabazz, Esq
INDIANA, IN, USA, July 14, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz, lead counsel on behalf of Black Lawyers for Justice will hold a news conference with Dorian Murrell s family and supporters on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 1p.m. Thereafter, a meeting with city prosecutors of the case of Tyler Newby will be held at the Indianapolis Courthouse. Local activists are alleging that Murrell was killed by alleged white supremacist Tyler Newby. Dorian Murrell was struck with a bullet that pierced his heart as he was with friends near Monument Circle around 2 a.m. on May 31, 2021 while attending a George Floyd demonstration in Indianapolis. Five people were shot and three were killed, including Murrell who was unarmed.
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Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis of Women for a Healthy Environment speaks at a rally urging city officials to slow down passage of plan to spend $335 million in federal aid.
After four-and-a-half-hours of public testimony and a follow-up 45-minute rally on how to spend $335 million of federal coronavirus aid, the big message for Pittsburgh City Council was: You haven’t heard from the public enough. And while a preliminary vote on the plan is slated for Wednesday morning, it won’t be the last word.
Council is weighing a plan, crafted by Mayor Bill Peduto’s office and a handful of council members,