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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">July 21, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Sydney Olsen
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<br />573.874.7438
<br />Sydney.Olsen@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City manager's budget message for fiscal year 2023 scheduled for July 28</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood will deliver the annual budget message for the fiscal year 2023 on Thursday, July 28, at 10 a.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. Residents are encouraged to attend and learn more about the proposed budget, which will cover the time period of Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.<br /><br />The proposed budget will be introduced at the Aug. 1 Council meeting. <br /><br />Community members will have the opportunity to make public comments at three City Council meetings before the budget is adopted:<br /><br />Monday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m.<br /><br />Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m.<br /><br />Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.<br /><br />The Council will also hold a work session Saturday, Aug. 13, in the Council Chambers beginning at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend.<br /><br />The Council will vote on the proposed budget at the Se
pt. 19 meeting. <br /><br />Copies of the City Manager’s proposed budget will be available to view at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, beginning Thursday, July 28, after 1 p.m. in the Finance Department or in the City Clerk's Office. The proposed budget will also be posted on CoMo.gov.<br /><br />The Council meetings and the budget message will be broadcast live on the City Channel, which can be viewed on Mediacom 80, Charter Spectrum 992 and CenturyLink 96. The budget message will also be live streamed at <a href="http://gocolumbiamo.granicus.com/player/event/3682?publish_id=8756e638-6a83-4133-b566-b2be8a60bf03&redirect=true">http://gocolumbiamo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=8756e638-6a83-4133-b566-b2be8a60bf03</a>.</div>
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