Louisville Mayor Craig Greenburg presented his priorities for the next fiscal year.

He says his $1.1 billion budget would help.

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Billions survive and thrive.

Because from the very earliest days of my campaign through last weekend to thunder over Louisville, folks have told me that they are focused on the same set of priorities improving public safety, expanding economic development, increasing the amount of affordable housing and reducing homelessness, strengthening education, providing basic government services like paving trash pickup, cleaning up our streets and our public spaces, and improving everyone's quality of life by investing in parks and libraries.

The $1.1 billion budget proposal that I'm submitting to you today focuses on meeting those needs.

Making progress on those priorities and investing in the people who serve our community.

Because that's what the people of Louisville expect all of us to do, even when we have some very tough choices to make.

And we do.

There are lots of reasonable and perfectly valid ways that we can invest the limited resources we have.

But everything can't be a top priority because if everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority.

And Mayor Greenburg says his proposed budget would help build new affordable housing units.

Jump Start a new pre-kindergarten program for low income parents, repair streets and raise wages for city employees.

Louisville's police department would get the biggest share of the $1.1 billion budget.

The mayor presented his budget to Louisville Metro Council members this afternoon.

The council will tweak and sign off on the budget by July 1st.