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City launches short-format 'civic sense' budget sessions; council tests live polling tool
Summary
The city introduced a short‑format budget engagement series—10 minutes of content followed by 10 minutes of discussion—aimed at making finance more accessible ahead of the budget season; council suspended rules to allow Director Wade to facilitate and tested a QR‑based polling question about the budget book redesign.
City staff proposed a new 'civic sense' engagement series Tuesday to make municipal finance more accessible to both council members and the public as the city approaches its 2026 budget process.
Director Wade told the council the sessions will present short, focused material (no more than 10 minutes) followed by a brief discussion, with topics drawn from council priorities and timed to inform the budget cycle. “We need to move away from the transparency of the 1980s—the…
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