Mayor Michael Nutter outlined a series of cuts in jobs and city services to save $20 million in spending Monday afternoon.
The cuts include eliminating six full-time positions from the Mayor's office which will save $500,000 annually, cadet class for the police department will be delayed, saving $3.2 million for the fiscal year and the Office of Fleet Management will stop purchase on all city vehicles other than replacement police cars, saving $4.8 million a year.
Some of the cuts are scheduled to start as early as this month.
The city continues to lose an estimated $10 million per month in revenue because it hasn't been able to bring in the additional money counted on from an increase in the sales tax.
Mayor Nutter gave the General Assembly in Harrisburg until August 15 to approve two budget measures -- a temporary one-per cent hike in the sales tax and changes to its pension program.
If Harrisburg doesn’t approve a budget soon, the city may be forced to cut a total of 3,000 jobs across the government, with a majority of those jobs cuts coming from city cops and firefighters.
A timeline to cut those jobs could go into effect by the end of this week, according to a spokesperson from the Mayor’s office.
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The Mayor said he would also be forced to close all libraries and some recreational facilities to cut $700 million in City spending.
The bill is up for review in Harrisburg on Wednesday.
