Budget Meeting Tonight

The City Council, its budget consultant and the Citizens' Budget Advisory Committee will give feedback on the 2015 municipal budget tonight.

The meeting is 7 p.m. in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave.

The council has heard from the Police, Fire, IT & Media, Health, Purchasing, Public Works, Inspections and Recreation divisions, in addition to discussions of budget requests from Economic Development and the mayor's office. The next step after tonight's feedback is to formulate amendments to the budget and move on to a public hearing and final passage. The city has been operating on monthly temporary appropriations since January, based on what was spent last year. Any cuts will affect the balance of the 2015 budget to Dec. 31.

The schedule calls for a special meeting at 7  p.m. on June 8 to introduce amendments. This meeting precedes the agenda-fixing session at 7:30 p.m. in Municipal Court, 325 Watchung Ave. A possible public hearing on amendments and final adoption of the budget may take place on June 16 at the regular meeting, 8 p.m. in Municipal Court.

--Bernice