{"id":301154,"date":"2026-10-06T23:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/301154\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:10:07","slug":"jeffersonville-city-council-approves-first-reading-of-2027-budget-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/301154\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffersonville City Council approves first reading of 2027 budget | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFERSONVILLE \u2014\u00a0The Jeffersonville City Council approved, on first reading, an amended 2027 budget that reduces its own budget.<\/p>\n<p>At the council meeting on Monday, once a public hearing was held concerning the 2027 budget, council member Scott Hawkins made a motion to decrease and even zero some line items in the council&#8217;s own budget.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%9:D :?4=F56D DFAA=:6D[ AC@&gt;@E:@?D[ EC2G6= 6IA6?D6D 2?5 3FD:?6DD 5:??6CD] p=D@[ w2H&lt;:?D D2:5 96 E2=&lt;65 H:E9 4@F?4:= =2HJ6C {2CCJ (:=56C 23@FE C65F4:?8 9:D 4@DED[ 28C66:?8 E@ 2 S`a[___ C65F4E:@? \ud83d\ude15 9:D 2??F2= D2=2CJ]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmw2H&lt;:?D 42=4F=2E65 E92E E9:D H@F=5 36 2 E@E2= C65F4E:@? @7 S`h[acg] w6 D2:5 96 766=D E92E E96D6 4FED H@F=5 36 2AAC@AC:2E6 4@?D:56C:?8 &gt;2?J @E96C 4:EJ 56A2CE&gt;6?ED 92G6 2=D@ 925 E@ E2&lt;6 4FED] w6 D2:5 E96 &gt;@?6J H@F=5 ;FDE 8@ 324&lt; :?E@ E96 86?6C2= 7F?5]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmQx =:&lt;6 E96 :562 @7 FD 5@:?8 @FC A2CE[Q D2:5 4@F?4:= AC6D:56?E s@??2 #665]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmr@F?4:= &gt;6&gt;36C tG2? $E@?6C D2:5 E92E H9:=6 96 F?56CDE2?5D H96C6 w2H&lt;:?D \ud83d\ude00 4@&gt;:?8 7C@&gt; H:E9 E9:D :562[ 96 766=D E92E E9:D 7F?5:?8 92D A@E6?E:2= E92E E96 4@F?4:= \ud83d\ude00 ?@E FD:?8 E@ 6?8286 H:E9 E96 4@&gt;&gt;F?:EJ]k^Am<\/p>\n<p>kAmQx7 E96 r:EJ r@F?4:= H2?ED E@ =68:E:&gt;2E6=J D2G6 &gt;@?6J[ 2 8@@5 A=246 E@ DE2CE H@F=5 36 4FEE:?8 E96 &gt;:==:@?D DA6?E @? 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