CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 3, 2021) – City Manager Marcus D. Jones presented his Proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget to the mayor and members of City Council today.
"While 2020 will be remembered for economic and social hardships, our resilience as a city and as a community has propelled our perseverance," Jones said. "We have worked together throughout the past fiscal year to sustain core services and advance key priorities. Our foundational budgeting principles have allowed us to weather the challenges of FY 2021 and will continue to be the solid foundation for our advancement in FY 2022. Driven by the City Council’s strategic priorities, this budget was developed to lead the City of Charlotte toward addressing the most pressing needs of our city."
Highlights of the proposed FY 2022 budget include:
Plans for our future through the 2022 bond for FY 2023 approval which includes:
The
third consecutive $50,000,000 allocation to create and preserve affordable housing
More than
triples the 2020 bond funding for the Sidewalk and Pedestrian Safety
Program, from $15,000,000 to $50,000,000
Doubles the 2020 bond totals for the Bike Program, from $4,000,000 to $8,000,000, and the Transportation Safety (Vision Zero) Program, from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000
Invests
$10,000,000 for infrastructure improvements in the Corridors of Opportunity
Additional Budget Highlights
Great Neighborhoods
Safe Communities
In FY 2022, $120,040 from the General Fund will complement $879,960 in funding from the Community Development Block Grant for a total of
$1 million in new funding to Charlotte-based nonprofits addressing violence in the community
$1.15 million to support
the development of an alternative civilian response model pilot to divert low-risk, lower-priority calls for service and mental health and homelessness dispatches toward civilian response teams
$739,000 to expand the Community Policing Crisis Response Teams (CPCRT). By the end of the year we plan
to double the number of Community Policing Crisis Response Teams
- Other SAFE Charlotte initiatives planned:
An independent analysis of areas such as police-civilian contact and police calls and responses
Analysis of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) youth program by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to guide future funding and allocation of resources to the most effective youth programs within the community
Review of issues related to recruitment and residency efforts within CMPD and a review of current curriculum and content delivered at the Police Academy as well as review on-going training provided throughout an officer’s career with CMPD
Transportation, Planning and the Environment
To capitalize on FY 2021 infrastructure investments, including the first city-owned direct current fast charger, which can fully charge an electric vehicle in 30 minutes, FY 2022 includes
the addition of 22 electric vehicles to the city’s fleet
Proposed FY 2022 – FY 2026 CIP includes a total
of $13.75 million to improve sustainability in city-owned facilities, including $4.75 million in FY 2022
Workforce Development
Allocates $250,000 in funding to continue public-private collaboration
to support minority entrepreneurs. Additional funding from the private sector has been secured totaling $250,000 from Atrium Health, for a total investment of $500,000
Continues internal workforce pipelines through the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program and the Career Pathways program
HIRE Charlotte will build open employment study findings and ensure Charlotte is proactive in aligning future business recruitment, retention and expansion efforts with a long-range talent development pipeline
The proposed budget will have a public hearing on May 10, followed by budget adjustments on May 19 and straw votes on May 26. The budget will be adopted in June and the 2022 fiscal year begins July 1, 2021.
To learn more about these and other important initiatives of the proposed FY 2022 budget please visit
charlottenc.gov/budget.