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Council to hold budget hearings
City council will hold a pair of upcoming hearings related to Mayor Wayne Evans’ proposed 2020 city budget, according to recent public notices in The Times-Tribune.
The $116 million budget would drop the annual $300 trash fee to $250 and collect it through property tax bills. Council introduced a budget appropriation ordinance on Nov. 18.
Council will hold a public hearing at City Hall on the budget ordinance today at 5:15 p.m. Afterward, the ordinance will go before council during its regular 6 p.m. meeting for a vote on advancement on second reading.
Council will hold a public caucus with administration officials on the budget on Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. at City Hall.
— JIM LOCKWOOD