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Notice/Advertisement Title: 2025 Economy and Workforce Operating Budget Hearing
Contact Name: Jean-Philippe Dorval
Contact Telephone Number: 614-645-2898
Contact Email Address: jpdorval@columbus.gov
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Councilmember Nick Bankston, Chair of the Economic Development & Small and Minority Business Committee, and President Pro Tem Dorans, Chair of the Workforce, Education and Labor Committee, will hold a public hearing regarding the mayor’s proposed 2025 Operating Budget. The theme of this hearing will be Economy and Workforce and will cover the budgets associated with the two committees previously mentioned. This hearing marks the 4th hearing for the draft 2025 Operating Budget which was released on November 13th, 2024. The proposed budget, which includes the individual budgets of all city departments, city services and city funds, totals $1.23 billion. This hearing will include presentations from the city’s Department of Development, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Civil Service Commission, Department of Human Resources, and Office of Education. The full proposed budget can be viewed online at: <https://columbus.gov/2025budget/>.
When: Friday, January 10th, 2025
Time: 3:00pm
Where: Columbus City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor
90 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Any resident seeking to submit written testimony should forward it to the offices of Councilmember Bankston and President Pro Tem Dorans. Written testimony must be received by 10am on the day of the hearing (Friday) and emailed to both Jonathan Brown at jbbrown@columbus.gov and Ariel Garrett at ALGarrett@columbus.gov. All persons wishing to speak during the hearing in person or via WebEx must email jbbrown@columbus.gov and ALGarrett@columbus.gov by 10am the day of the hearing (Friday) requesting that they be added to the list of speakers. Each speaker will be limited to remarks lasting no longer than three minutes. The meeting will be live-streamed on the City’s YouTube channel and Facebook.