
The Budget and Finance Committee has jurisdiction over budget, appropriations, bonds, transit fares, financial reporting, federal and state grants, sale and lease of property, pension, and tax policies.
The Livable Communities Committee is responsible for infrastructure, zoning, planning, multimodal transportation planning, neighborhood corridors, utility planning, neighborhood business districts, recreation, parks, housing, Neighborhood Enhancement Program, and Community Councils.
Its purpose is to integrate neighborhood needs for transportation, housing, land use, and economic development to create economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable communities. The committee also engages in strategic planning and coordination of transportation, land use and housing policies in major transportation corridors and with major transportation initiatives and related infrastructure projects currently under consideration at the city, state, and federal levels.

Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects SubcommitteeThe Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects Subcommittee’s purpose is to engage in strategic planning and coordination for the I-75 corridor and other major transportation and infrastructure projects – including the streetcar, I-71/Martin Luther King Interchange, Eastern Corridor, and Hopple Street/Martin Luther King/Madison Rd corridor –and report recommendations to the Livable Communities Committee. The subcommittee’s work will provide a model for integrated departmental planning and community participation, and design standard development.