Public invited to city budget forums

At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Federal Way residents are invited to a town hall style meeting in the council chambers in City Hall to give their input on how the city should manage its money for the next two years.

Mirror staff reports:

At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Federal Way residents are invited to a town hall style meeting in the council chambers in City Hall to give their input on how the city should manage its money for the next two years.

A number of other presentations will be provided to local groups and organizations, and are as follows:

• Sept. 11: 7:30 to 8 a.m. at the Denny’s restaurant on South 320th Street. This meeting is being held for the Kiwanis Club.

• Oct. 11: A presentation will be given to the Federal Way Rotary Club at noon at the Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Any groups who would be interested in a presentation may contact the mayor’s office at (253) 835-2402.

The rest of the budgetary timeline is as follows:

• Oct. 2: Mayor Skip Priest will present his proposed budget to the council

• Oct. 24 and 25: Council will have two study sessions where they hear presentations from city departments

• Nov. 6: Budget presentations from remaining departments, first public hearing for the budget

• Nov. 20: Final public hearing for the 2013-14 biennial budget, and introduction of ordinances for the 2013-14 budget and property tax levy

• Dec. 4: Enactment of the budget and property tax ordinances by the council