Press release
On Monday, May 15, the City of Athens hosted its third annual Community Budget Input Forum with citizens. Two sessions were offered to accommodate the varied schedules of community members, both facilitated by City Manager Philip Rodriguez. Each session included a review of how the budget process works, an overview of key service areas by city department directors, and a budget priority exercise where citizens selected some of their priorities for the city’s budget.
“Receiving citizen feedback is an invaluable part of the budget process,” said Rodriguez. “Especially important is to have these discussions early in the process, just as the City is beginning to look at the entire budget picture for the upcoming fiscal year.”
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