Despite a veto from Mayor Frey, the $2 billion 2025 budget for Minneapolis, including millions in new spending and a nearly 7% property tax levy, is moving forward.

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Minneapolis City Council overrides veto of city budget which cuts from police programs, adds $6.53 million in new spending

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's veto is believed to be the first in city history, according to the city clerk — and so is the override.

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Minneapolis City Council overrides Jacob Frey veto of 2025 budget

In what appears to be a first, the Mayor of Minneapolis vetoed the City Council’s budget proposal and saw that veto overridden. The Council voted Thursday 9-4 to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto and approve a budget that he says is “irresponsible.”

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Minneapolis City Council overrides mayor's veto of budget

During the last scheduled meeting of the year for the Minneapolis City Council on Thursday, councilors voted 9-4 to override Mayor Jacob Frey's veto of their 2025 budget, which was passed late Tuesday night.

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Minneapolis City Council overrides Frey's veto of 2025 budget

On its surface, several things made this week’s Minneapolis budget unique from any budget prior: The city faces the expiration of federal pandemic relief dollars from the American Rescue Plan (a challenge cities across the country face). The City Council passed the mayor’s proposed budget with a record 71 amendments, including transferring funds away from the police department’s horse mounted patrol (and thanks to a council member who opposed th…

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The Minneapolis City Council enacted its 2025 budget on Thursday, after overturning a veto by Mayor Jacob Frey.

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Minneapolis City Council overrides mayor's veto of 2025 budget

Minneapolis City Council overturned Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of the 2025 budget plan in a 9-4 vote on Thursday. Frey vetoed the around $1.9 billion budget on Wednesday, the first Minneapolis mayor to do so. The council initially passed the budget in a 10-3 vote on Tuesday with a city record of more than 70 budget amendments passed in it.   Every council member stuck with their initial vote except Council Member Andrea Jenkins (Ward 8). City Counc…

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City Council overrides 2025 budget veto

Duxbury officials will be looking at a tax override in the spring to bridge a budget gap they say would result in the layoff of nearly forty town employees. About seventy residents and officials gathered for the select board meeting last night (Monday) where town department heads outlined the impact the current budget deficit would […]

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