Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting on Oct. 30, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Finance voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to revive a corporate head tax to fund various community safety initiatives Monday alongside myriad other tax, fine and fee proposals, quashing an attempt to get his spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year over the finish line this week and delaying any approval into December. 

The committee vote came just days after the mayor and his budget team did not introduce the ordinances that make up the annual budget during a council meeting, opting instead to directly introduce the appropriations, revenue, management and bond ordinances directly into committee.