Byron Brown vetoes Buffalo Common Council’s proposal to change city budget deadlines
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a “veto message” sent to the Buffalo Common Council Friday, Mayor Byron Brown is shutting down the council’s proposal to change city budget deadlines.
The decision comes just before the council returns from its summer recess.
The council wanted to amend the city’s charter to bump up the mayor’s submission deadline from May 1 to April 8. The local law would have also extended the council’s deadline to approve the budget from May 22 to May 26.
In the message, Brown claimed the amendment would create “an unnecessarily early and lengthy budget process.” He also said it would be nearly impossible to make accurate funding projections ahead of the state budget approval.
The common council will gather in City Hall for the first time in months on Tuesday, and Brown’s veto is on the agenda.
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