During a special broadcast of Jacksonville's Morning News Tuesday, the mayor says he realizes the city can't afford to waste a single tax dollar during struggling economic times.

Listen To The Special Show With Mayor Peyton

• Part One - He Outlines The Plan
• Part Two - With Calls
• Part Three - More Calls
• Part Four - Accountability?

The Mayor is also organizing a not-for-profit watchdog group from the private sector that will demand accountability on all suggested "Jacksonville Journey" programs.

The Mayor says the main theme of his budget is turning around a violent crime culture.

And of the $972 million that the city has to work with, the Mayor proposes putting $36 million toward public safety initiatives such as police presence, programs to keep kids in school and stop ex-offenders from becoming routine criminals.

Although it will cost Jacksonville taxpayers millions to see these proposals through, Mayor  Peyton says it will cost us more if we don't do something to make the river city a safer place to live.

"I am concerned that if we don't get a hold of this now and we don't take very deliberate action, we will create a stigma and a condition that will take decades to turn around".

Peyton warns that stigma can also cost us countless dollars in economic opportunity from new businesses and families that choose not to come to Jacksonville.

While sharing his spending plan with the Jacksonville City Council Monday, he promised to accompish the goals he set by not raising fees, but by cutting 101 administrative positions and losing millions in current city expenditures on technology and vehicles.