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Troy Henry on Budget and Taxes

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Troy Henry supports reforming current property tax assessment and collection procedures to be more equitable, which may result in increasing and decreasing some individual property tax bills

Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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Troy Henry is neutral on the reduction of the Homestead Exemption as a means of generating additional City revenue

Troy Henry "supports fair and accurate property tax assessments, so that the City's overall property tax millage is lowered. That will stimulate economic development and home buying (which will result in a reduction of vacant/blighted properties)."

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Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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Troy Henry opposes the reduction of garbage collection services as a means of minimizes City expenses

Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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Troy Henry opposes expanding parking-meter fares, hours, and zones as means of increasing City revenue

Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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Troy Henry supports extending the time-period over which the Mayor and City Council develop the following year's City Budget

"My Administration will vastly improve the City budgeting process by working with the City Council on budget matters far in advance of budget deadlines set in the City Charter. We also have to set priorities for spending to ensure that the taxpayer dollars are spent on the City’s real needs — our spending should be data-driven and based on what the community has established as the City’s priorities, not based on politics. We’ve had a few planning processes to give us guidance on the community’s short-term priorities, and we’ll have to continue to engage residents to re-set some priorities on an annual basis."

Response to Candidate Watch survey

Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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Troy Henry strongly opposes establishing a City Manager hired by the City Council to oversee the use of taxpayer revenues for major city departments

Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010

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