Akron budget

Akron City Council voted to form a committee that will focus on modifying a decades-old provision that allows the mayor to approve certain high-priced contracts without council's approval.

A number of Akron City Council members take issue with a provision in the budget that has allowed mayors to approve millions of dollars in contracts without council's approval since the 1960s.

The council underwent three days of hearings before the budget committee last week and is expected to make a decision today.

On a split vote Akron City Council has again said no to a trial run with software that would give citizens a detailed and interactive view of how the city…

Akron City Council is slated to vote tonight on legislation that could make its annual budget more accessible to the community.Since summer, 2017, council…

Akron has released its spending plan for the additional money for public safety and roads raised from an income-tax increase approved by voters last…

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Akron City Council on Monday approved a $966 million spending plan, made up of a $550 million operating budget and a $375 million capital budget.Akron…