Mayor Justin Bibb released his 2023 budget estimate on Wednesday, proposing $711 million in expenditures and cutting hundreds of vacant positions in order to balance the budget. Cuts include police and public works positions. Want to read the entire 508 page budget? Find it here.

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Here are some numbers from the budget proposal:

Abbey Marshall, Service Journalism Reporter

Abbey was the service journalism reporter for Signal Cleveland through February 2023. She joined us from the Akron Beacon Journal/USA Today Network, where she was a Report for America corps member covering the City of Akron and local government.