The Las Vegas City Council approved a $1.4 billion budget this week for the upcoming fiscal year to begin on July 1.
This budget adds 60 positions in public works, animal control, park marshals and youth development. It also helps fund 67 police officers and 47 support staff positions at Metro Police.
The staffing level still hasn’t quite reached the peak it had before the recession in 2008, but council members characterized the budget as healthy as it returns to pre-recession levels of revenue.
The biggest expenditures included in the capital improvement plan includes $46 million for Symphony Park improvements, $20 million for a parking garage in downtown and $15 million for the Corridor of Hope homeless initiative.
