Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks after a City Council meeting on Nov. 14, 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The mayor and his budget team did not introduce the ordinances that make up the annual city budget during a City Council meeting Friday, signaling that even a now-revised version of mayor’s controversial proposal to increase taxes on businesses and the wealthy to plug a nearly $1.2 billion gap next year may not have the votes to pass out of the finance and budget committees as planned Monday.