Hence the alarm system as such had been mostly ignored for years, considering borough budgets.

Mrs. Duval said the police department had been one of the largest expenses left in the borough budget.

The borough budget reverted to the mayor or the New York City Council.

The Mayor prepares the initial draft of the annual Borough budget for submission to the Council.

In 2006, Thériault argued that Montreal's formula for determining borough budgets discriminated against her area of the city.

In response, two of the three commissioners, Mayor Maria G. Hernandez and Joseph J. Hillman Jr., voted on Wednesday to amend the proposed borough budget by eliminating all future money for beach operations.

The main proposals call for Borough Presidents to be independent county executives with authority over borough budgets and land-use matters and for the City Council, which would be expanded to at least 50 members, to have final power over the budget and land use.

Moreover, Mr. Golden said he would allocate $500,000 in his borough budget for the new fiscal year to install scores of colorful, stranger-friendly road and street signs (which James Gardella, an aide to Mr. Golden, called "an antidote to the saying that 'only the dead know Brooklyn' ").