The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/budget/)
At the end of the day, everyone needs to eat. Amid a chaotic college schedule, it’s easy to ignore your hunger cues and forget to eat full meals. Snacks with sustenance don’t have to be overwhelming. Make use of your hangry insurance policy.
This year’s Slope Day artist selection survey features artists such as Kesha, Flo Rida and Gunna after a budget increase for the event was approved earlier this year.
Mayor Laura Lewis (D) presented her 2024 budget plan, which will require Cornell’s $4 million PILOT contributions to meet all of Ithaca’s stated policy goals.
Every October, the Ithaca Common Council dives into its budget process and decides our tax rates, which departments receive funding, the allocation of federal money and more. My role as a city councilman representing Collegetown and West Campus allows me to directly contribute and vote in the budget. But the influence constituents and students have on the budget cannot be understated. As the process is only halfway through, I encourage all Cornellians to take a look, form an opinion and tell the city what you want to see.
In a Wednesday Zoom call, members of the Employee Assembly –– which represents non-faculty staff –– gathered to discuss EA-related expenses, campus health and the work of its six committees.
Common Council discussed nine expenditures to potentially include in the roughly $80 million 2021 budget, approving the hire of a part time staff member for Greater Ithaca Community Center, increased funding for Community Outreach Center and the purchase of a new fire pumper.
Common Council members felt reluctant to drastically reduce funding many of the city’s important resources. But as the city faces a 20 percent reduction in state aid, the council is forced to work within a tightened budget.
The Ithaca Common Council passed several resolutions regarding furloughs and health insurance for city workers — and also discussed a potential $13 million budget deficit.
State funding to localities has hardly increased in the last two decades, according to Mayor Svante Myrick ’09.
Some staff called the freeze necessary, while others expressed disappointment and frustration.