The City Council may not have a regular meeting this week because of the holidays, but the Budget Oversight Committee will be discussing the city's $15.7 million budget deficit tonight at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
If you're a council junkie or just want to hear about the fate of the city's programs that are facing a new round of budget cuts (library closures? Parks and Rec programs eliminated? Will the police of fire departments be cut?), then stop in. There are seven items on the agenda, and I'm not sure how long this meeting will go, but I'll be there to hear what their take is on the proposed 1 to 3 percent cuts from most city departments.
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