Bakari F. Burns
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 26
- Total speaking time
- 1:39:45
- Avg per meeting
- 3:50
- Segments
- 1057
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Top issues during term (11)(Taxes Budget)
Cooling centers and homelessness
The speaker argued sheltering people would save arrest and jail costs; no fiscal figure was provided.
Historic neighborhood facade grant funding
A $48.68 million annual CRA budget with no facade grant allocation this year.
City of Orlando FY2026-27 millage rate and budget
A $1.88 billion total budget and $780 million general fund, with the property tax rate held flat.
November ballot Amendment 3 and future city revenues
A potential significant reduction in future property tax revenues that fund city services.
CRA Budget Amendment Two
Tax increment from the expanded downtown area will flow into the CRA trust fund once Ordinance 2026-7 gets final approval.
$4 million in nonprofit and arts grant funding
About $4 million in city grant funding for FY2026-27.
RISE Employment Program Sunset Concerns
General revenue dollars would be needed to continue the program past its sunset.
Solid Waste, Parking and Wastewater Rate Increases
Expect higher solid waste, wastewater and potentially parking-related costs once the ordinances take effect.
Upcoming consent agenda items
$9.4 million purchase of downtown parcels
$9.4 million of public money for the purchase.
Property tax homestead exemption amendment on November ballot
Could cut deeply into the property tax revenue that funds the city's general fund — staff is analyzing the impact ahead of budget season.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Burns was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Taxes Budget.
Voting record (0)(Taxes Budget)
No votes found matching Taxes Budget.