Final Budget Hearing on September 18 at 7pm
Posted by PBG Watch on September 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The next City Council Meeting will be this Thursday, September 18 at 7pm at City Hall. It’s a short agenda. Note that this is the final of two required 2014-2015 Budget hearings for the City.
Ordinance 15, 2014 and Resolution 51, 2014 are the budget items. If approved as recommended by staff, the new budget will increase taxes over rollback by 6.14%. Please read our summary of the first budget hearing here describing comments on the budget. Additionally – former Mayor Martino challenges the Council to go to rollback here.
There will be a District Park Presentation by Council Member Tinsley. And for those of you who live in the Sunset Drive area – in Resolution 64, 2014 on the Consent Agenda, the County agrees to transfer ownership of the rights-of-way and improvements of Sunset Drive and 40 Terrace North and pay the City $50,000 for maintenance assistance of the roadways within sixty (60) days of execution of the lnterlocal Agreement. See the details here.
The complete Agenda can be viewed here. The proposed 2014-2015 Budget can be viewed here.
We have a new feature on the PBGWatch website – The Martino Minute compiling his frequent postings together in a blog.
We get the government we deserve – and it’s up to us to watch what they do. Hope you can make it. If you can’t make the meeting try and watch live-streaming or on-demand.