西雅图市长拟削减消防加班费700万美元引预算之争
西雅图市长凯蒂·威尔逊提出的2027年预算案中，拟削减消防员加班费700万美元，引发市议会的激烈争论。市议会议长丹·斯特劳斯已提出反建议，要求恢复并增加消防员加班经费，警告削减可能导致由单支消防力量驻守的偏远社区应急响应变慢。市府表示，削减加班费是压缩开支、实现法定收支平衡的措施之一，也是摆脱以往预算操作手法的一部分。议会方面则以今年9月的一起事件为例说明风险：一名57岁男子在马格诺利亚区发现公园内晕倒，响应速度直接关系到生死。预算谈判还涉及性别暴力防治项目与多项议员优先项目，市议会已举行多场公众意见征询会，未来两周将陆续听取公共安全、图书馆、住房、艺术、民权、土地使用、公园、交通与无家可归者事务等部门的陈述。最终预算方案预计在未来数周内敲定。
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Seattle Mayor's Proposed $7 Million Cut to Firefighter Overtime Sparks Budget Fight
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's proposed 2027 budget would cut firefighter overtime by $7 million, drawing sharp debate in the City Council. Council President Dan Strauss has offered a counter-proposal to restore and increase firefighter overtime funding, warning the cut could slow emergency responses in outlying neighborhoods served by a single fire crew. The city says the overtime reduction is one of the spending restraints needed to meet its legal balanced-budget requirement and to move away from past budget practices. The council points to a September incident as evidence of the risk: a 57-year-old man collapsed in Magnolia's Discovery Park, and Engine 41 arrived within four minutes — response speed can be a matter of life and death. The budget talks also involve gender-based violence programs and members' priority items; the council has held several public hearings, and over the next two weeks departments covering public safety, libraries, housing, arts, civil rights, land use, parks, transportation and homelessness will present in turn. A final budget is expected within weeks.
(Source: Focal News)
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