Includes $6.4M for Mayor’s Paving Road Improvements
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 23, 2017) — By a vote of 24-0 and one abstention, the Louisville Metro Council has approved the 2017-2018 capital and operating budgets that have a continued emphasis on road paving, vacant and abandoned properties, criminal justice and quality of life investments.
The committee has approved an amended budget focusing on the theme of “Building a Better Community.”
Highlights:
- Funding for Public Defender ($50,000)
- Funding for a Casey’s Law Advocate with JCAO ($36,000)
- Funding for Two Deputy Coroners & Morgue Expansion ($170,000)
- Study/Renovation of LMPD HQ & Fiscal Court Building ($300,000)
- No More Red Dots ($550,000)
- Funding for Volunteers of America Freedom House ($515,000)
- Funding for Centerstone Living Room Project ($325,000)
- $6.4. million added to Mayor’s Paving Road Improvements
- Total Paving Investment $22,610,000
- Total Additional Funding for sidewalk repairs $2,500,000 ($1.5M added)
- Additional Mowing for Metro Owned Right of Way ($238,000)
- $200,000 Center for Neighborhoods
- $250,000 Lexan Pilot Program (Clear Boarding)
- $530,000 Additional VAP Demolition
- $200,000 African American Heritage Center
- $30,000 Botanical Gardens
- $125,000 AB Sawyer Master Plan
- $125,000 Victory Park Master Plan
- $100,000 Des Pres Park Pickleball Courts
Budgets will now be sent to Mayor Greg Fischer for his signature..
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