NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell filed the proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year Friday.
The proposed $3.8 billion budget focuses on making Nashville more affordable by reducing the local grocery tax and making Music City’s largest-ever investment in housing, according to the mayor’s office.
“Reducing our grocery tax doesn’t just change a line on a receipt; it acknowledges that feeding your family shouldn’t be treated like a luxury, and putting nearly twice as much funding toward housing reflects our serious commitment to making our city more affordable,” O’Connell said. “It’s also right to take care of our Metro workers and that’s why we’re fully funding our employee pay plan. To do these things in the face of flat revenues means Metro will need to tighten its belt, and I think it’s the right thing to do for all of us. Being good stewards of our city’s growth, means being a good steward of government’s growth as well.”…