Chattanooga City Council members talked today about cutting funding to city-funded agencies, but they balked at how much those cuts could be.
The council set 10 agencies apart from all the others, saying those would receive the same amount of money as last year, if not a little bit more. Other agencies were listed as “second tier” and could get funding as it is available.
Councilwoman Carol Berz, chairwoman of the Budget, Personnel and Finance Committee, said the council would look at a $10 million total cap for the 10 protected agencies.
The budget for the agencies as a whole is $15 million, records show.
The council is trying to find more cuts to a 39-cent-per-$100-of-assessed-property-value increase that Mayor Ron Littlefield proposed Tuesday. The mayor initially proposed an increase of 64 cents per $100 of assessed property value.