City Council to hear citizen input on City budget Monday

Media release

(STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA / April 16, 2020) –  Among other agenda items, Stillwater City Council is holding a public hearing on the City’s budget Monday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. Residents are encouraged to view the City’s manager’s proposed operating budget and provide input by signing up to speak at the online meeting. 

The FY21 proposed budget was created before the COVID-19 pandemic began. As a result, the City anticipates frequent amendments to adjust for changes in revenue as the pandemic situation evolves. The final adoption vote for the Fiscal Year 2021 budget will be held on May 18.

Beyond the public hearing on City budget, City Council, Stillwater Utilities Authority and Stillwater Economic Authority will hold special meetings. The meetings will be held entirely over Zoom, a videoconference platform. Residents should watch virtually— there will be no meeting on-site at the Stillwater Municipal Building.

City Council will discuss and take action on a variety of items, including bid recommendations for road improvements at 32^nd Avenue, Main Street, and Western Road; utility relocations as part of improvements to Perkins Road; and discussion of COVID-19. The Stillwater Utilities Authority agenda includes a solid waste rate study. The Stillwater Economic Development Authority will hear a Quarterly Economic Development Report from the Chamber of Commerce. To read the full agenda items and the accompanying reports for these meetings, go to http://stillwater.org/agenda.

The meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be broadcast as usual. Residents can watch the meetings live on the City’s Facebook Page (@CityOfStillwater), AT&T U-verse channel 99, Suddenlink channel 14 and the City of Stillwater’s YouTube Live link at youtube.com/c/CityofStillwaterTV/live.

 

If you’d like to speak at any of these meetings, fill out the request to speak form at stillwater.org/requesttospeak. Residents who have requested to speak will be contacted with the appropriate login information needed to participate through videoconference. For those wishing to speak via teleconferencing, please provide a phone number and someone will call you before the public comments portion of the agenda to place you in a queue. Requests to speak must be submitted by 3 p.m. on the day of the meeting.

Review of the city’s budget is part of a year-round process. If you’re looking for more information on the city budget and its finances, the City’s online Financial Center contains information on everything related to financial reporting, accounting, purchasing and budgeting. Go to Stillwater.org/budget.