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Budget & Finance Committee sends policy budget motion to council agenda after debate over funding priorities and capital processes
Summary
At a special Budget & Finance Committee meeting, members endorsed placing a consolidated policy budget motion on the City Council agenda and debated priorities including public works, public safety, equitable economic development and whether to create a new capital funding process for community partners.
Council Chair (Chair, Budget & Finance Committee) opened a special meeting of the Budget & Finance Committee to discuss a draft policy budget motion submitted to the clerk, saying, “So we are here to discuss a draft policy budget motion that was submitted to the clerk by my offices.”
The committee agreed to place the consolidated policy budget motion on the full City Council agenda for passage after members spent most of the meeting outlining strategic priorities and debating how the city should allocate scarce capital funds. “Seeing no objections, we will put the policy budgets on the council agenda for passage,” the chair said, and instructed the clerk to file agenda items two through nine.
The motion frames three headline priorities that members emphasized: public works, public safety and people-centered investments. Council member Mark Jeffries praised the effort as “a really, fantastic job,” noting the motion reflects citizens’ survey priorities such as public works (potholes, litter, snow removal),…
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