{"id":13125,"date":"2023-05-03T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2023-05-03T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:08:09","slug":"yakima-city-council-plans-budget-review-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-city-council-plans-budget-review-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima City Council Plans Budget Review Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13127\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Budget-Review-Meetings-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#ddd\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-spacer gb-block-spacer gb-divider-solid gb-divider-size-1\"><hr style=\"height:10px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next three months, the Yakima City Council will hold a series of budget review meetings at four different locations around the city. The Council is holding the meetings at different locations to make them as accessible as possible. Listed below are the dates, locations and City departments presenting during each of the meetings. Meetings will be on the second or fourth Tuesdays and begin at 4:00 pm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Convention Center, Room G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Police (jail, services, animal control, parking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 23<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harman Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fire and SunComm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Washington Fruit Comm. Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Community Development, Planning, Codes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 27<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Henry Beauchamp Comm. Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; City Manager, Assistant City Manager (airport, economic development, ONDS, IT), City Clerk, City Council, Community Relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Convention Center, Room G&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Public Works (general fund), Parks &amp; Recreation (cemetery, senior center, WA Fruit Comm. Center and Henry Beauchamp Comm. Center), Streets\/Traffic, Refuse, Water, Wastewater, Engineering, Transit, Fleet\/Equipment Rental<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 25<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harman Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human Resources, Legal and Finance Dept. (Utility Billing and Purchasing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>August 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Washington Fruit Comm. Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Municipal Court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each department will discuss its areas of service and propose expenditure reductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring its retreat last month, the City Council asked department heads to determine which lines of service could be reduced based on a 10 percent reduction of each department\u2019s budget,\u201d said Communications &amp; Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler. \u201cDepartment heads will present Council with their suggestions for 10 percent across-the-board reductions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City Council is not expected to make any decisions regarding reductions during the budget review meetings, Beehler added. That process won\u2019t occur until budget discussions in the fall of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the above sessions are open to the public. The meetings will be recorded and available for viewing the following day (Wednesday) on Y-PAC, Charter Spectrum Channel 194, beginning at 7:00 pm. They will also be available to view the following day on the Y-PAC website, <a href=\"https:\/\/videos.yakimawa.gov\/\">https:\/\/videos.yakimawa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agendas will be available prior to each of the budget review meetings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/agendas-and-minutes\/\">Agendas and Minutes | City Council (yakimawa.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0a50f32e-3205-42dd-903e-13302c9c4f56\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Yakima-City-Council-Budget-Review-Meetings-News-Release.pdf\">Yakima-City-Council-Budget-Review-Meetings-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Yakima-City-Council-Budget-Review-Meetings-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0a50f32e-3205-42dd-903e-13302c9c4f56\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the next three months, the Yakima City Council will hold a series of budget review meetings at four different locations around the city. The Council is holding the meetings at different locations to make them as accessible as possible. 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