Key Dates
Mayor’s Budget Hearing
At this meeting, members of the public are encouraged to come and give public input on the Mayor's Proposed Budget. Residents can sign up to give public comment starting 30 minutes before the meeting, and each person will have three minutes to give their comments. People can yield their three minutes to another member of the public, but a speaker can only receive time from two others, for a maximum of 9 minutes.
Link & Council Member Recommendations Due
By this day, all Council Members must finalize and submit their Link and individual budget amendment requests. These requests will be reviewed and discussed by the entire Council at their upcoming Committees of the Whole on May 28th and 30th.
Budget COW
At this Committee of the Whole, Council Members will report out any recommended budget amendments from their link discussions. They will have the opportunity to discuss these amendments, as well as other requests from individual Council Members. This is often a lengthy discussion that spans multiple meetings.
Budget COW
At this Committee of the Whole, Council Members will continue any discussions that are still in process from the previous COW. They will be discussing amendments recommended by the Link groups as well as requests from individual Council Members.
Council Meeting (1st reading)
At this meeting, members of the public are encouraged to come and give public input on the Budget. Residents can sign up to give public comment starting 30 minutes before the meeting, and each person will have three minutes to give their comments. People can yield their three minutes to another member of the public, but a speaker can only receive time from two others, for a maximum of 9 minutes.