Just months after Mayor Eileen Higgins pledged to rein in runaway spending, city officials are pushing to increase the current-year budget by about 2.5% while leaving unclear why much of the money is needed and where it will ultimately go.
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Inside City Hall: Miami’s Pay Raise Machine
With salaries and benefits consuming most of the city’s budget, a tangle of automatic and discretionary increases is quietly pushing costs higher year after year.
As City Spending Soars, Top Administrator Rakes It In
Newly released payroll records show Miami City Manger’s Art Noriega’s salary has skyrocketed, far outpacing union raises and helping drive a surge in city spending that Miami Mayor-Elect Eileen Higgins has vowed to scrutinize.
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