Important budget dates announced

As summer begins to wind down, local governments start the final stages of preparing their budgets for the next fiscal year.

For the City of St. Augustine whose fiscal year begins October 1, the series of meetings begins with the Commission’s annual budget workshop.

Then, three weeks later, there is the initial public hearing on the proposed budget and two weeks after that, the final public hearing.

The dates for the three meetings are:

– City Commission Budget Workshop, Thursday, August 16 at 9:00am.

– First Budget Public Hearing, Thursday, September 6 at 5:05pm.

– Second Budget Public Hearing, Thursday, September 20 at 5:05pm.

All meetings will be held in The Alcazar Room, City Hall, 75 King St. Agenda for each meeting will be posted as they become available.