Council decides which city services to cut, which to keep and which to revisit in the fall.

Please sign this petition below to tell City Council and the Mayor that you value the City's environmental programs and services. Programs have already been cut, and more are at risk in the 2012 Budget cuts.

Following July's Standing Committee meetings that heard from Consultants about potential service cuts, the City Manager was asked to report back to Council with recommendations.

The “Good News Bad News” Executive Committee Meeting. At the Executive Committee meeting on September 19, 2011, the Committee considered the City Manager's report on Recommended Service Cuts.

At the Executive Committee meeting on September 19, 2011, the Committee considered the City Manager's report on Recommended Service Cuts.

A new City Manager's report summarizes the public comments provided on the survey and by written and in-person submissions to the special Standing Committee meetings in July. The report compares the consultant's recommended cuts with the public input.

Service Review - Service Cuts

Two weeks ago, some Councillors publicly stated they thought City Hall shouldn’t be supporting local farmers and the city’s food services industry that supply local food.

*UPDATE!* On Thursday July 14th, Council voted for Local Food, again!

Council renews the local food program, beating some councillors` opposition with support from the food services industry and a TEA petition