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Troy City Council Rejects Mayor's Budget Proposal

The Troy city council has voted down Mayor Patrick Madden's proposed budget.

Troy is now facing a $2.9 million deficit for 2018 after the council rejected the first-term Democrat’s proposed solid waste disposal fee. It would have upped the $29 annual trash fee to $190.  “I’m working with my staff to figure out how we move forward from here. This is a council responsibility to present a budget to fund city operations, but I don’t have anything from them and it doesn’t look like it’s coming,” said Madden.

Republican council president Carmella Mantello: “It’s not  doom and gloom. That’s number one.”  Mantello says the council and the mayor have worked out budget differences in the past. She believes the incoming majority Democratic council will work with Madden and come up with a solution.

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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