BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Cutting taxes was the theme of the night for both Broome County and the city of Binghamton.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar proposed the first tax cut since 2004, while Mayor Rich David proposed cuts for the fifth straight year.

"That doesn't happen by accident, that doesn't just happen by us going through line by line and just gradually nickel and diming the budget lines,” said David. “There is a strategic management overhaul that's in place here."

Broome County's budget also focused on adding more jobs. Especially in public safety, proposing an emergency management coordinator and four EMS dispatchers.

"We really needed to get more dispatchers,” said Garnar. “I mean half a million calls a year. They get overwhelmed during an emergency. During our last state of emergency, there were more than 500 calls made."

David's budget highlights a more than $15 million infrastructure project. It would completely reconstruct Main Street from Johnson City to Front Street.

"So you're talking about completely new sidewalks, roadways, curbs, utility, landscaping, lighting, addressing safety issues as well. And the overwhelming majority of it paid with federal dollars," said David.

Both proposals are just the first draft of what will be a couple months of hard work.

"There are some things left out from the city's budget address that I would have liked to hear about tonight,” said 4^th District Council member Conrad Taylor. “No talk of investment in our flood walls. That's really a topic of concern for me right now."

Both budgets need to be finalized by November.