On Saturday, April 4, 12:30 – 2:30 pm Community Conversations will focus their discussion on the Menomonie City budget; the event will be held in the Menomonie Public Library meeting room. Speaker will be Eric Atkinson, City Administrator.

Local government significantly impacts us – providing for services including water and sewer, rain water runoff, local transportation, garbage and recycling, housing policies and local laws to affect growth of the city, fire protection and ambulance. We also have the best chance to be heard as our local representatives are our neighbors and friends.

Find out about how funds for the city are limited by the laws of our state government and by a progressive loss in return of our tax dollars from the state. What is happening to the single most important source of our funds – property taxes? How does a municipality increase its funding to provide us our local services? How much funding can the City of Menomonie find by doing more with efficiency of services?

Bring your questions and suggestions to make this an impactful discussion.

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Lorene Vedder is a retired local physician and founder of Community Conversations.