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Erie Mayor-elect Daria Devlin plans to continue the practice of including five-year financial projections in city budget proposals, something Mayor Joe Schember's administration embraced.

Devlin wants the city to hire an outside consultant to help guide the city's long-range financial planning.

Future multiyear forecasts under Devlin's administration could also analyze the financial impact of the city's LERTA tax abatement program.

Erie Mayor Joe Schember's administration routinely included five-year financial projections in its city budget proposals — something that did not always happen with previous mayoral administrations — during his eight years in office, to forecast future revenues and expenses and identify looming multimillion-dollar deficits.

A five-year f

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