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OK so as we approach 9:30, when the Minneapolis City Council ends the public hearing, here's what to expect next. The budget is technically five resolutions, which must be approved by at least seven of the 13 council members.
Then those resolutions go to the mayor within five days, and he can approve them, allow them to become effective without signing them, or veto them.
If he vetoes any of the 5 resolutions, the City Council reconsiders it at its next meeting. Although the mayor doesn’t have line-item veto authority, he can approve or veto individual resolutions, in this case most likely the general appropriation resolution.
A two-thirds majority of the council (9 votes) can override the veto. Does @MayorFrey have 5 votes to sustain his veto? We'll see.
The city’s tax levy must be filed with the county auditor by Dec. 28. If, say, the mayor vetoed the resolution and the council couldn’t override it, and the two sides couldn’t come to a compromise, then state law requires the current levy to carry forward to the next fiscal year.
Budget Director Micah Intermill says the difference between the 2020 tax levy and “projected fiscal need” for 2021 is about $20 million, so the city would need to cut that much from the budget.
All this & more in my story: https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/12/08/9959/
And while you're waiting, read my story about the violence interrupters, whose budget could increase from $1.1 million this year to $2.5 million next under the budget being debated: https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/12/09/with-violent-crime-up-minneapolis-tries-something-new-violence-interrupters/
