[Durham INC] Durham Hosts E-Town Hall June 3

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Beverly B. Thompson

Director

(919) 560-4123 x 11229

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Beverly.Thompson at DurhamNC.gov 

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For Immediate Release: May 28, 2013

 

 

Durham Hosts First-Ever E-Town Hall June 3

Questions and Comments Wanted on Proposed FY13-14 Budget

 

DURHAM, N.C. - Now that City Manager Tom Bonfield has presented the FY
2013-14 preliminary budget, Durham residents have a chance to weigh in
on how they would like to see the City's budget used in the coming year.

 

New for this year, an e-Town Hall will be held on Monday, June 3 during
the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting. Moderated by WTVD's
weekend anchor and reporter Anthony Wilson, the City's e-Town Hall will
be televised live on Durham's local television, DTV8 (Time Warner Cable
channel 8), from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as well as from the City's
website at http://durham.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2. The
forum is part of the Budget Public Hearing also taking place at the
meeting.

 

City Council members will take part in the interactive event, addressing
questions submitted by Durham residents regarding how tax dollars are
allocated in the proposed budget and what the priorities are for the
upcoming year. "This forum will give residents, who might not otherwise
come down to City Hall, another option to let us know what they think,"
said Bertha Johnson, director of the City's Budget and Management
Services Department. "Additionally, there are so many people who are
active on social media - Facebook and Twitter in particular - we felt an
e-Town Hall would be a great way to reach them, while supporting the
City's overall efforts to increase and diversify our outreach to Durham
residents."  

 

Residents are encouraged to submit their questions prior to the June 3
event by email at eTownHall at DurhamNC.gov, through Facebook at 
http://Facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC, or on Twitter at 
http://Twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC using hashtag #DurhamETH. Residents
can also upload a video of their question to YouTube and then share the
link at eTownHall at DurhamNC.gov. After May 31, questions can only be
submitted by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

 

For more information on the City's first-ever e-Town Hall, visit 
http://durhamnc.gov/ich/as/bms/Pages/ETownHall.aspx or watch a series of
YouTube videos at 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLeX6M8cvLwM-GrKRu_-j1JvtfFhqMvsG.

 

About the Budget & Management Services Department

The Budget and Management Services Department is responsible for
preparing, implementing, and monitoring the City's annual operating
budget as well as the five-year revenue/expenditure projections for all
City government services. The department also provides operational and
organizational studies as identified by the City Council, City Manager's
Office, and department staff. Guided by the City's Strategic Plan, which
the department established and maintains, the department helps to ensure
that the City of Durham is a well-managed city by working with City
agencies to build and implement performance measurement monitoring and
evaluation. The department is also responsible for preparing the Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP), coordinating the City's process for petition and
City-initiated annexations, conducting resident satisfaction surveys,
and evaluating departmental achievement of City goals and objectives. To
learn more, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/as/bms/Pages/Home.aspx. 

 

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