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Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s first budget proposal makes good on his campaign promise not to raise taxes, but calls for a second consecutive year of fee increases for city services.

Stoney, who presented the $681 million spending plan to the City Council on Monday, said the document reflects the city’s fiscal constraints while attempting to address what he described as years of neglect to city infrastructure and services such as leaf collection.

“Our brief time in office has unearthed a stark reality — that for years, we have not provided for the true needs of our city,” Stoney said. “It runs the gamut, from deferred investments in infrastructure and capital improvements, to the funding for the retention, training and hiring of key city personnel.”

Stoney offered what he described as some “honest truths” — acknowledging that the city is four years behind on sidewalk maintenance and can’t afford to fill all its potholes and maintain all its roads.

“During the snowstorm that hit during my first week in office, I was shocked to learn that we have 60 primary snow routes, but we only have 42 plows,” he said.