# Harrisburg City Council Legislative Session - 11/10/2026


**Body:** The City of Harrisburg - WHBG20
**Date:** November 09, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


Harrisburg City Council legislative session, November 10, 2026: Council received the mayor’s 2027 budget proposal, which returns to roughly baseline revenue after ARPA funds expire. The administration proposed reducing expenses from about $127 million to $110 million, creating a streetlight fund through a proposed 12% real-estate-tax increase to raise $2 million, and increasing trash rates by 4.25% to generate about $500,000. The proposal also uses $1.9 million previously allocated for pool design and studies, $1.5 million in accumulated interest, $557,000 from the HRA debt transfer fund, and CDBG funds to address revenue gaps. Bill 18, the 2027 budget, and Bill 19, the tax levy and streetlight-fund measure, were referred to Budget and Finance; budget hearings are scheduled to begin November 16, with a planned vote on December 8. Resolution 89, approving a 2026 budget reallocation with no increase to the general-fund budget, passed 6–0; the report described approximately $2.5 million in adjustments, including transfers from police and other departmental personnel and payroll lines.

Several project and funding resolutions also passed 6–0: Resolution 83 authorized an application for up to $1 million in state grant funding for the Reservoir Park Sunken Garden restoration; Resolution 86 ratified a $20,000 fire-company grant application for Fire Station 2 renovations; and Resolutions 82 and 84 approved development plans for a 38-unit apartment conversion and a 138-room Courtyard by Marriott conversion, respectively. The hotel project was described as a roughly $30 million construction investment, with developers expressing willingness to solicit bids from local and minority- and women-owned businesses, but without specific commitments. Resolution 88 authorized negotiations to acquire 1549 Walnut Street as part of a litigation settlement, and Resolution 90 approved auctioning city property and disposing of unsafe items. Bill 13, transferring dog licensing to Dauphin County and removing unused feline-licensing rules, passed 6–0. Resolutions authorizing a professional-services contract for historical mainframe services, a tax-collection agreement, and an extension of the Broadstreet Market lease were referred to committee; no contract award was made at this session.

**Source:** The City of Harrisburg - WHBG20