NEWS RELEASE

 

                                   

Mayor Jennifer P. Dougherty

 

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 10, 2003

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MAYOR DOUGHERTY TO PRESENT

PROPOSED CITY BUDGET TO BOARD OF

ALDERMEN ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

 

Frederick, Md. --- Mayor Jennifer Dougherty will present an FY04 draft budget to the Board of Aldermen at the March 12th 2 p.m. Mayor and Board of Aldermen Workshop.

 

Copies of a summary of the Mayor’s proposed budget will be available on March 12th at the reception desk of City Hall and on the Finance Department page of the City’s web page www.cityoffrederick.com. Requests to have the summary mailed can be made by calling 301-600-1380. The complete proposed budget will be available for review at the reception desk of City Hall.

 

Public comment on the proposed budget is encouraged during the Mayor and Board of Aldermen Workshops held on the following Wednesdays at 2 p.m.; March 19, March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, and April 23 and at 7 p.m. on April 30 and May 7. 

 

March 12                     Budget Overview

 

March 19                     CIP

                                    Community Promotions

 

March 26                     Frederick City Police

                                    Department of Public Works

                                   

April 2                          Department of Finance 

                                    Legal

                                    Mayor’s Office

 

April 9                          Citizen Services Departments; Frederick Community Action Agency, Office of Special Events, Recreation Department, Weinberg center for the Arts, and Department of Economic Development.

 

April 16                        Engineering Department

                                    Planning Department

                                    Community Development

 

April 23                        Final Review

 

April 30                        Overall Budget

 

May 7                          Overall Budget

 

These meetings are held in the Board Room of City Hall and will be televised on Channel 99.

 

A Special Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m., for budget adoption.

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