The D.C. Council’s various committees have taken a hacksaw to Mayor Adrian Fenty’s proposed $5.4 billion fiscal 2010 spending plan, restoring some proposed budget cuts, eliminating fee increases and saving a handful of jobs.

Among the highlights: Fenty’s “streetlight user fee” was eliminated; Emancipation Day was restored as a legal holiday; an increase to the E-911 fee was erased; the summer jobs program was trimmed by $10 million to help restore a charter school cut; and all school crossing guard positions were saved.