Monday night is your chance to stand in front of the Springfield City Council and tell them what you think should happen with the current budget situation. The City Council is going to be hosting a Community Input Session for the 2008-2009 budget in the Council chambers starting at 6:30 Monday night. A short presentation on the budget will be shown to those in attendance and then it will be opened up to the public. You will have five minutes to speak when your name is called and then you will be given additional time to answer questions from Council members (should any be asked of you.)
If you want to speak to the Council about the budget situation, you must register with the City Clerk’s office by calling 864-1654 or sign up before the beginning of the meeting.
Until April 8, you can also submit your budget ideas via e-mail or you can mail a written letter to City of Springfield, City Manager’s Office, PO Box 8368, Springfield, MO 65801.
You can also find some more information on the budget process on the city’s blog, CityConnect.
Based on what I’ve seen in the newspaper, read on blogs and heard spoken in the hallways at City Hall it could be a very lively evening filled with accusations, finger pointing and yelling. (ha ha) Hopefully some good ideas will be brought to the table to find a solution to the problem instead of people trying to just pin blame on others for the situation we’re in. Trying to pin blame on someone for the situation isn’t going to help us find a solution to it.
