Council puts up ideas to save city money

Metro/SDL

Metro Newspaper

January 23, 2009

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The City Council has proposed two ideas to increase the city’s revenue. Councilman Frank DiCicco proposed a bill to eliminate discounts on sewage and water rates for nonprofit organizations, and Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez proposed to keep current city wage taxes. They hope to increase the city’s money by at least $10 million. These are the first proposals since Mayor Michael Nutter announced that the city had a $1.05 billion gap (similar article found here).

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