EBR residents get chance to weigh in on proposed 2017 budget

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Monday night, people in East Baton Rouge Parish got the chance to weigh in on Mayor Kip Holden's final operating budget for the city-parish.

The metro council held a budget meeting as well as a Q&A session on November 21 at City Hall. The budget for 2017 was introduced earlier this month and will go into effect on January 1, 2017.

For the full budget proposal, click here.