NOLA.com: Inside New Orleans' $726M budget: How approved tax rates will protect city's 'most vital services'
The deal is done and New Orleans has its $726 million budget in hand for 2020.
After a process that started last month with Mayor LaToya Cantrell and members of the City Council at odds over what to do about taxes in the face of this year’s sharp increase in property assessments, the final budget sailed through the council Thursday with little discussion and both sides professing satisfaction with the final product, which is about $11 million more than the city is due to spend this year…
…Councilman Joe Giarrusso, who originally proposed juggling the individual rates to come to a compromise, said the deal “protected our most vital services in a smart way.”