Just a heads up: the City manager will present his proposed budget at the next Council meeting on the 28th.  The managers budget is the second big waypoint in the budgeting process with the 5-year forecast (passed last fall) being the first.  The Council will then take that as a starting point and work forward from there.  It’s an otherwise normal Council meeting so Larry will probably present his work some time after 6:00, just a guess though.  Check the agenda when it comes out Friday.

The next big date after that is the 14th of March which is a Public Hearing on the budget.  That’ll start at 7:30.

The only other budget news I’ve heard is that PWC looks to increase their average tax bill by about 4%.  That’s not final but that’s what I saw in the MJM.  The GA is in the home stretch and should be done shortly.

Last year I agonized over how much budget stuff to post.  This year I’m not going to sweat it.  I know it’s not terribly popular but I’ll post as much as I can stand.  If you’re interested, please come out and make your opinion known on the 28th or the 14th.  It would be cool to have more than 3 people in Council Chambers when the budget is presented.