Budget deliberations start tomorrow

Just thought that you might like to know about Council’s budget process.

You can see the schedule of budget meetings and pick up agenda packages at this link:
http://www.banff.ca/town-hall/banff-town-council/council-meetings/council-meetings-2011.htm

Budget meetings are scheduled 9 am to 12 noon on:
November 21
November 28
November 30
December 5
December 7
December 12
All budget meetings are open to the public – we’d be delighted if you were to attend.

On November 21, council will hear from 11 different community organizations that would like funding from the Town.  You can see the package at this link:
http://www.banff.ca/Assets/PDFs/Town+Hall+PDF/Council+Agendas+PDF/2011+Agendas+PDF/council-agenda-111121-budget.pdf

On November 28 and 30, we will be looking at the capital budget, followed by the operating budget in December.

The financial plan http://www.banff.ca/Assets/PDFs/Town+Hall+PDF/Budget+PDF/financial-plan.pdf  shows the assumptions and principles we asked staff to follow in creating the draft budget.