Honolulu Mayor outlines $3.6 billion city budget priorities

Mayor Rick Blangiardi unveils $3.63 billion budget for Honolulu

With city workers delivering 2,000 pages of city budget-related documents in boxes to the city clerk’s office Friday, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi started the process toward approving his proposed $3.63 billion operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Honolulu Mayor outlines $3.6 billion city budget priorities

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi proposed a $3.6 billion operating budget and $919 million in CIP funding for the upcoming fiscal year, while some departments like the Honolulu Police Department saw some increases, the City did not see higher revenues from property taxes, like in previous years causing a tightening of the budget.  Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Hundreds of pag…