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Budget and Public Safety

Summary

Palm Bay is scrambling to fix a $5.18 million budget hole at its final budget hearing. Meanwhile, city workers are fighting a county takeover of 911 dispatch, and those controversial Flock surveillance cameras are finally getting the boot.

At a glance

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Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

The city has to figure out how to plug a massive $5.18 million budget gap right now.

✅Who benefits

Privacy advocates and frontline 911 workers win here, since the cameras are gone and they're fighting to keep their jobs local.

⚠️Who could be affected

Taxpayers and city residents are stuck dealing with the fallout of a multi-million dollar budget shortfall.

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