Mayor Daria Devlin has unveiled her proposed 2027 City of Erie budget, a spending plan aimed at closing a nearly $15 million budget shortfall while maintaining essential services and addressing long-standing financial challenges facing the city.
The proposed budget includes approximately $87.8 million in expenditures, excluding pension funds, representing a modest increase of 0.7% over the previous year’s budget when pension expenditures are included in both years. City officials say the proposal balances rising costs tied to contractual wage increases, inflation, and debt service while limiting spending growth through targeted cost-saving measures.
“This is a difficult budget, and the challenges we’re facing did not develop overnight,” said Devlin…