PRESS RELEASES - AUGUST 2008

August 7, 2008

City of Arlington Studies Spending Plan for Fiscal Year 2009
Annual Budget Process is Under Way

Arlington City Manager Jim Holgersson presented a $198 million proposed spending plan to the City Council during the Afternoon Work Session on August 5.
Budget presentations and deliberations will continue August 12 and August 19 during special Afternoon Work Sessions in the Council Briefing Room.

Watch the Arlington City Council Meeting webcast at www.arlingtontx.gov/webcast. Meetings are also televised on Arlington Cable Channel 16. View the Fiscal Year 2009 proposed operating budget and related documents at www.arlingtontx.gov/budget.

Throughout August and September, a series of town hall meetings and public hearings will provide residents with opportunities to give input and help prioritize city expenditures for FY 2009. The new fiscal year begins October 1. See budget calendar below:

Budget Calendar

6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 14
Town Hall Meeting hosted by District 3 Council Member Robert Rivera
Southeast Branch Library, 900 SE Green Oaks Blvd.

6:30 p.m. Monday, August 18
Town Hall Meeting hosted by District 4 Council Member Kathryn Wilemon
Fire Training Center, 5501 Ron McAndrew Dr.

6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 21
Town Hall Meeting hosted by District 5 Council Member Lana Wolff
First Public Hearing on property tax rate
City Hall – Third Floor Council Briefing Room, 101 W. Abram St.

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 27
Town Hall Meeting hosted by District 1 Council Member Mel LeBlanc
River Legacy Science Center, 703 NW Green Oaks Blvd.

6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 28
Town Hall Meeting hosted by District 2 Council Member Sheri Capehart
Southwest Branch Library, 3311 SW Green Oaks Blvd.

6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 2
Second Public Hearing on property tax rate
Council Chamber, 101 W. Abram St.

6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 11
First Public Hearing on proposed FY 2009 operating budget
Council Chamber, 101 W. Abram St.

6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 16
Public Hearing on Budget
Second and Final Reading on budget and property tax rate
Council Chamber, 101 W. Abram St.

The 2009 Fiscal Year begins Wednesday, October 1, 2008.

For more information about the budget process, call the Office of Management and Budget at 817-459-6345. If special accommodations are needed at any of the public meetings listed above, call the Office of the Mayor and City Council at 817-459-6122.