HTN: Compromise on City Capital Budget

The Buffalo Common Council and Mayor Byron Brown's Administration will finalize a deal today to settle a capital funding dispute.The Mayor vetoed three-million dollars of money set aside for road improvement projects, because the council wanted to divide the money equally among its nine districts. Under the compromise, the three-million will be restored to the capital budget, but set aside for general citywide improvements, while each district will get 150-thousand dollars for its own projects. The Council had tried to override the Mayor's vetoes but couldn't get the needed votes.