
Speaker B
65:25 - 66:07
"we have until November to really engage with the community and the public, and I think, yeah, there could be ample opportunity for discussion about what do we do and what are, you know, what are the expectations as a community for municipal services when we're facing, you know, a potential fiscal cliff? What are the trade-offs? What future revenue sources does our municipality want to have a serious conversation about?"
“we have until November to really engage with the community and the public, and I think, yeah, there could be ample opportunity for discussion about what do we do and what are, you know, what are the expectations as a community for municipal services when we're facing, you know, a potential fiscal cliff? What are the trade-offs? What future revenue sources does our municipality want to have a serious conversation about?”
But then, you know, we have until November to really engage with the community and the public, and I think, yeah, there could be ample opportunity for discussion about what do we do and what are, you know, what are the expectations as a community for municipal services when we're facing, you know, a potential fiscal cliff? What are the trade-offs? What future revenue sources does our municipality want to have a serious conversation about? So, yeah, I think that this is— this could move forward on the timeline that we just talked about with the anticipation that, yeah, we need to have a really robust public conversation. Thank you.
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