匹兹堡市长奥康纳11月9日向市议会提交2027年预算 总额8.726亿美元动用2800万美元应急储备金
宾夕法尼亚州阿勒格尼县匹兹堡市，市长 Corey O'Connor（科里·奥康纳）11月9日正式向匹兹堡市议会提交2027年预算，同时发表年度市情咨文，阐述市政财政挑战与重点投资方向。
这份总额8.726亿美元的运营与资本预算案将动用2800万美元应急储备金平衡收支，从而无需加税。奥康纳在议会发言时承诺，将以透明方式应对城市严峻的财政状况，在严格管理开支的同时保障核心公共服务的可靠交付，并表示实现预算平衡、补充储备金的目标可能需要数年时间。
2027年预算案的重点投资包括暴力预防项目与人员配置、市政车队更新、文娱中心、公共公园、社区健康与安全、许可与区划改革、冬季扫雪作业、滑坡治理以及各社区的雨水减排工程，预算案同时取消了一批空缺岗位，并调整暴力预防与平价住房项目的拨款方式。为促进经济发展与社区稳定，预算案还安排向城市再开发局拨款，用于扩大住房项目、建设平价住房并支持本地小企业。
市议会接下来将对预算案进行审议，各部门将在未来数周就预算影响作证，相关法案定于12月10日举行公开听证。
Pittsburgh Mayor O'Connor Presents 2027 Budget to City Council on Nov. 9: $872.6 Million Plan Draws $28 Million From Reserves
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Mayor Corey O'Connor formally presented his proposed 2027 budget to the Pittsburgh City Council in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on November 9, delivering his annual State of the City address on the city's fiscal challenges and investment priorities.
The $872.6 million operating and capital budget draws $28 million from the city's rainy-day reserve fund to balance the books, allowing the city to cover costs without raising taxes. O'Connor pledged transparency about the city's difficult fiscal position, disciplined management alongside reliable delivery of core public services, and said reaching a balanced budget and replenishing the reserve fund might take a couple of years.
The plan invests in violence prevention programs and staff, municipal fleet modernization, recreation centers, public parks, community health and safety, permit and zoning reform, winter snow removal, landslide remediation and stormwater mitigation across neighborhoods. It also eliminates a number of vacant positions and changes how violence prevention and affordable housing programs are funded. To support economic development and neighborhood stability, the plan directs funding to the Urban Redevelopment Authority to expand housing programs, build affordable housing and support local small businesses.
City Council will now review the proposal, with departments testifying on its impact in the coming weeks and a related bill set for a public hearing on December 10.
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