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Colombo Municipal Council Budget to be resubmitted on 31st

Colombo Mayor Vraie Cally Balthazar on Saturday detailed the process behind the preparation of the Colombo Municipal Council’s 2025 budget, which is set to be resubmitted for a second reading on Dec. 31 after it was defeated during a council vote on Dec. 22. In a statement issued following the setback, the mayor said the budget was not merely a collection of figures but a document reflecting the council’s performance and outlining development plans for the coming year. She noted that the 2023/24 period saw no elected council, with municipal administration carried out under a commissioner system, making the preparation…

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