KCRG KCRG TV9 News At 6 October 30, 2015
They do so after the budget is already approved in the spring. The city wants to hear those opinions before they make financial decisions. Each february, the Dubuque City Council listens to hours and hours of budget input from the head of each city department. The public is welcome to weigh in, but the city says very few people show up to speak. Each november the city manager hosts a public budget input session, still very few people attend those meetings. The city says they really want to know whats important to people prior to setting the budget. There may be things were not aware of that we...