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Councilman Greg Stanton's
Arcadia News Column
June 2000
The Phoenix City Council has approved the budget for 2000-2001, which includes more than $15 million in service improvements.
Below are some of the budget highlights:
- Hiring an additional 56 police officers.
- Increasing library hours so that all city libraries are open until 9 p.m. on school nights.
- Increasing the number of after-school recreation sites from 101 to 133.
- Purchasing 10 radar trailers and tracking boxes to address neighborhood speeding concerns.
- Providing additional hours and resources for senior programs.
- Increasing major and collector street sweeping from every three weeks to every two weeks.
- Improving maintenance of major and collector streets, paving dirt alleys and installing additional sidewalks and gutters.
- Funding a pilot urban infill and redevelopment program, which will include purchasing vacant lots and dilapidated homes.
- Adding staff to improve the neighborhood inspection caseload cycle and response times, and to implement a landlord/tenant education and slum prevention program.
These and other service improvements will be effective July 1. For more details or information about the budget, or any other issues, please call my office at (602) 262-7491 or e-mail me at gstanton@ci.phoenix.az.us.
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