Date Set for E-Townhall Budget Meeting
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 @ 1:33 PM
Prince George, B.C. – The City of Prince George has decided it will hold it’s first ever "e-townhall" meeting on the 2014 budget, on October 15th.
The idea is to try and reach a broader segement of the population with an interactive webcast budget consultation.
From 6-8 p.m. the session will be moderated by Marleen Morris the Associate Director of the Community Development Institute at UNBC. The two hour event will include:
· an overview of the budget process, timeline, and key considerations
· a summary of responses (received so far) to the 2014 Online Budget Survey (available at www.princegeorge.ca)
· budget questions posed by the public and answered by City representatives
There are four ways in which you can participate:
ONLINE:
Go to the City’s website (www.princegeorge.ca) and click on the e-town hall icon. Participants will be directed to a webpage where they can view the live webcast and submit budget questions online.
BY PHONE:
Call the City of Prince George at 250-561-7600 between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. A customer service representative will be available to receive and forward questions.
IN PERSON:
The session will be held in Council Chambers (2nd floor – City Hall). Staff will facilitate the collection and queuing of audience questions.
AT THE LIBRARY:
The Prince George Public Library – Bob Harkins Branch. The Skylab will be available from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. for residents to watch the webcast and/or enter budget questions online.
You can still make a submission by filing out the online survey which is also available on the City’s website.
Comments
I will be out of town on the road, but what I would like to know is the percentage change in the budget from progressive taxation revenue, as opposed to the new move to regressive taxation revenue through flat taxes and fees?
In addition to that I would like to see the studies they have done that give argument for the pro’s and con’s of making this change to regressive taxation and how it will consider all the factors of fairness and opportunity in the community we would like to create.
Perhaps you should pass the question onto city hall so it can get answered. Don’t think opinion250 will produce the answers you are looking for
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